We are interested in how technology can support communication partners in more successfully understanding the speech of individuals with disabilities affecting speech. To do that, we are testing technology’s recognition of speech affected by disability… Dysarthric Speech Transcription Study
Florida State University researchers are part of a multi-institutional team awarded a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop new tools using artificial intelligence to help children with speech and language limitations communicate.
Faculty members at Florida State University, and collaborators at Arkansas, Auburn, Penn State, and Temple University, have been awarded a $5 million federal grant to develop AI-enhanced communication tools for children with speech disabilities through playground and classroom research.
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Patrick Regan (2025) is President-Elect of USSAAC, and he also plays leadership roles in ISAAC, and in outreach programs for the Bridge School. Patrick experiences Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and has used a wide variety of AAC to communicate. In this paper, he describes “access challenges that I have experienced as someone who uses AAC, how my team and I have resolved them, and what challenges I face now.”
Now free at the AAC journal
https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2513912