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Do you have a product or initiative that removes barriers for persons with disabilities? How can you expand or scale it to benefit more people?Pathways to Zero Barriers takes you on a global journey of scaling disability inclusion solutions.
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Low-tech meets AI: Scaling information access for the Blind in India (opens the original)
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In this new episode of Pathways to Zero Barriers, Prashant Ranjan Verma shares how simple technology powered by backend AI innovation is opening up a world of information for blind and low-vision communities across India. The conversation builds on Prashant’s personal journey with sudden vision loss, his decades-long work in global accessibility, and the creation of Shravan—an AI-powered, telephone-based digital library. The discussion explores how low-tech user interfaces combined with advanced
Toward a digital companion: the culture of sign avatars (opens the original)
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Welcome to this new episode of Pathways to Zero Barriers! We sit down with Alex Le Peltier, CTO of Signapse, to explore how AI-driven sign language avatars are changing the landscape of digital accessibility—and why quality, culture, and community trust are at the heart of this transformation. The conversation dives deep into the technical and cultural nuances of creating accurate, expressive sign avatars. From capturing subtle facial expressions and moods to navigating regional cultural prefere
Putting humanity into AI: how a voice avatar preserves identity (opens the original)
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Welcome to the second episode of the new season of Pathways to Zero Barriers ! In this episode, David Betts, shares his story on how assistive technology and AI can restore dignity, voice and human connection for people living with speech-limiting disabilities and conditions. The conversation centres on David’s journey following his ALS diagnosis and the creation of “Talk to Me, Goose!”, an AI-powered communication platform designed to support people whose natural speech is impaired or at risk.
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