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Nova Scotia News - TheChronicleHerald.ca
The federal government has announced over $229,000 for a Halifax-led project to enhance accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing.
"Our government is working towards creating greater opportunities for Canadians with disabilities. This project will help not-for-profit organizations offer new services to support the full participation of people with disabilities," Lynne Yelich, parliamentary secretary to the federal minister of human resources and social development, said Monday in a news release.
Saint Mary’s University, working with Trent University, IBM Research, the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada and the Neil Squire Society, will use speech recognition to automatically caption live speech and produce searchable multimedia transcripts, the release says.
The Halifax university will implement and research emerging speech recognition technologies that can increase and improve information accessibility in various environments, the news release says.
The federal government has announced over $229,000 for a Halifax-led project to enhance accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing.
"Our government is working towards creating greater opportunities for Canadians with disabilities. This project will help not-for-profit organizations offer new services to support the full participation of people with disabilities," Lynne Yelich, parliamentary secretary to the federal minister of human resources and social development, said Monday in a news release.
Saint Mary’s University, working with Trent University, IBM Research, the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada and the Neil Squire Society, will use speech recognition to automatically caption live speech and produce searchable multimedia transcripts, the release says.
The Halifax university will implement and research emerging speech recognition technologies that can increase and improve information accessibility in various environments, the news release says.