Google Seeks Help From People With Down Syndrome

23rd December, 2019

27 December 2019, Down Syndrome, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop]

From Siri to Alexa, voice assistants are everywhere, but the technology tends to miss every third word that people with Down syndrome say. Now a new effort is underway to change that.

Google is partnering with the Canadian Down Syndrome Society to collect voice samples from adults with Down syndrome in order to program its algorithm to better decipher the unique speech patterns of this population.

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