Google Developer: How AI is revolutionizing sign language recognition with Sam Sepah and Thad Starner

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Meet today’s guests Sam Sepah and Thad Starner. Sam Sepah, an AI/ML Research Manager at Google, drives innovation in accessibility technology for users with deafness and other disabilities. Thad Starner is a Georgia Tech Professor, wearable computing pioneer, and staff research scientist at Google working on sign language recognition. Explore the transformative impact of AI on sign language recognition and accessibility from the Kaggle competition to Pop Sign AI, and much more!



Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

1:00 - Thad's Story - a Journey into AI and Wearable Computing

19:59 - Sam's Story - Experience as Deaf Individual and Accessibility Advocate

26:34 - The Importance of Early Sign Language Exposure

35:18 - Sam’s Journey to the USA and into Tech

41:06 - The Intersection of Thad's and Sam's Work

41:43 - Google Glass

48:37 - AI Advancements improve Technology for the Deaf Community

54:04 - How Kaggle Competitions have helped push the competition forward

55:21 - PopSign AI

1:05:34 - Sam and Thad’s collaboration

1:13:03 - What does it mean to be a person of AI?



Resources:

Kaggle → https://goo.gle/3YCcjau

Kaggle Competitions → https://goo.gle/3NDqzcz

PopSign Game → https://goo.gle/3UinxhJ

Precious PopSign Kaggle Competition → https://goo.gle/3Ui5s3q



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