Here, you can find my latest articles and posts about assistive technology, sign language, tech for people with disabilities. I tried to be up to date and publish latest best practices to support people with disabilities.
According to the World Health Organization, 1 billion individuals, or 15% of the world population, are considered to have disabilities that exclude them from education and the workplace, weaken their potential to connect and communicate effectively, and limit their ability for independent living. With the shift to online living, more…
Technological innovation has long taken strides to bring comfort, convenience, and wonder into people’s lives, and none more so than virtual reality (VR). Over the past years, VR technology has gained widespread recognition and adoption, reaching a market value of $17.25 billion in 2020 — a number that is expected…
Nowadays, many young innovators and startups are trying to turn their ideas into products to grow their business from the needs of customers. The mission is not easy because the definition of innovation may vary from one to another. So, the idea that solve the issue or challenge can be…
Richard Turin, the author of the book “Innovation Lab Excellence: Digital Transformation from within”, went behind the scenes of working innovation labs to distill a rigorous set of best practices. The 12 best practices unleash the required innovation that will give your enterprise a digital competitive advantage. From his experience…
When it comes to inventions and technological assistance for the hearing impaired, science has come a long way, there is absolutely no doubt about that. However, we live in a day and age where humans, by default, are genetically engineered to want more and to crave more, which is completely…
News about the COVID-19 outbreak has been coming fast and furious over the last weeks. There’s been a lot to process — some fatalities, hundreds sickened across the world and many changes to everyday life. People are working from home, keeping their distance from others, and not being able to…
In this article, the authors deal with the machine translation of written English text to sign language. They study the existing systems and issues in order to propose an implantation of a statistical machine translation from written English text to American Sign Language (English/ASL) taking care of several features of…
The theme of this year’s conference GREAT’2018 is Inclusive Computer Technology (ICT) and Assistive Technology (AT) with a focus on 4 domains: Education, Independent Living, e-Accessibility and Innovation. Many high-level speakers, attracting delegates representing their institutions are invited to present the latest technologies for people with disabilities.
During ICTA Conference, I presented a paper entitled “How Could Robots Improve Social Skills in Children with Autism?” which is a position paper that aims to improve educational skills of autistic children. The paper was presented with the presence of my colleague Mursi Seraj. Mursi is gifted children having 16…
