by TDI | Oct 24, 2019 | Affiliates-related News, Consumer Groups Related News, News, Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 202-224-2742Kelley Moore (Capito) 202-228-1462 Washington (October 23, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation that will...
by TDI | Apr 12, 2019 | News
A few years ago, the Committee for Communication Access in New Mexico (CCAnm) was formed to spur legislative effort to require New Mexico’s Speech-Language Parthoroly, Audiology, and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Boards to inform hearing aid users of the...
by TDI | Mar 27, 2019 | News, Press Release, Technology, Telecommunications
The field of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has progressed significantly with the advancement of artificial intelligence technology. As a result, more applications that utilise ASR, and AI technologies are developed and have shown a promising impact on...
by TDI | Feb 13, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
The Unicode Consortium — the organization that oversees emojis released 59 new emojis last week. Among them are numerous images portraying various aspects of the disability experience. The new ideograms include people using a hearing aid, sign language, wheelchairs, a...
by TDI | Jan 31, 2019 | News
The Future of Privacy Forum today released The Internet of Things (IoT) and People with Disabilities: Exploring the Benefits, Challenges, and Privacy Tensions. This paper explores the nuances of privacy considerations for people with disabilities using IoT...
by TDI | Apr 11, 2017 | News
Tax scams are now targeting deaf victims who use Video Relay Service (VRS). The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has produced a video, “ASL: Tax Scams via Video Relay Services (VRS)”. The video is free, and is available in ASL and has captions and a transcript. The...