In an effort to provide assistance where it can, Microsoft in 2016 launched Project Tokyo, a partnership among researchers in the U.S., U.K., China, Japan, and India to explore technologies that might help those with impairments interact with the world around them.
AI for Accessibility
Microsoft Funds AI Navigation App for Blind, Low Vision and Wheelchair Pedestrians
A Canadian startup has been named a grantee of Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility initiative, a $25 million, five year grant program launched last year to help NGOs, academics, researchers, and inventors accelerate their work for people with disabilities.
UI Professor Develops App for Visually Impaired People to Walk Around Track
UI computer science professor Kyle Rector is developing a phone application to help visually impaired people walk around a track with help from an AI for accessibility grant from Microsoft.
Microsoft Launching AI for Accessibility
Microsoft is launching AI for Accessibility, a $25m program to fund ways to leverage artificial intelligence to the benefit of those with disabilities. Announced at Build 2018, the five year scheme will fund and support projects that use AI to alleviate the impact of being blind, deaf, and more.
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