Event
Focus on the future: new developments in accessible and assistive technologies
A series of lightning talks and discussions about new technology.
- One hour
- Free
This event will be held on
16 March 2022
- Online
- 10:00 – 16:00
About
A series of lightning talks and discussions about the latest developments in assistive and accessible tech.
It's an opportunity to learn, influence and connect.
This is part of our Digifest community fringe events.
Programme
Introduction to the day and meet the AT network steering group
Speaker:
- Piers Wilkinson, Office for Students Disabled Students’ Commission
Inclusive augmented and virtual reality experiences for disabled users
Speaker:
- Dr Chris Creed, Birmingham City University
Break (with opportunity to chat informally)
Speech recognition for all: research, development and user experiences of the Voiceitt app
Speakers:
- Geena Vabulas, Karten Network
- Liz Howarth, Karten Network
Lunch break
Supporting deaf students in online learning: features to use, top tips, and discussing best practice
Speaker:
- Gavin Songer, National Deaf Children’s Society
Break (with opportunity to chat informally)
Art of the possible: a discussion about the future of voice recognition for lecture transcription
Speakers:
- Dominik Lukes, University of Oxford
- Dr Kate Knill, Machine intelligence lab, University of Cambridge
- Richard Cave, MND Association (and formerly Google project, Euphonia)
- Dr Richard Purcell, Caption.Ed
- Dr Irit Opher, Verbit.ai
Break (with opportunity to chat informally)
Captioning product demonstrations
Breakout room one: Caption.Ed demo
- Led by Dr Richard Purcell, Caption.Ed
Breakout room two: Verbit.ai demo
- Led by Kevin Sklar, Verbit.ai
Reflections and next steps
Facilitated by members of the AT network steering group.
Close
Who should attend
Anyone from a Jisc member organisation:
- UK further education colleges
- Specialist colleges
- Higher education institutions