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

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 Watch more People of AI → https://goo.gle/PAI Subscribe to the TensorFlow channel → https://goo.gle/TensorFlow #TensorFlow #PeopleofAI Speaker: Ashley Oldacre Products mentioned: MediaPipe