For Meta’s Smart Glasses, Access Is An Afterthought
Tech companies are using accessibility as a smoke screen to obfuscate the risks of AI wearables, writes Ariana Aboulafia.

Smart glasses controversy sidelines the benefits for disabled people | Letter
Letters: Guardian readers reflect on the ableism rife in the debate about Ray-Ban Meta eyewear, despite the life-changing difference they can make

AI as a Tool for the Mental Load | Brittany Ellich | Offprint
AI didn't make me faster at tasks. It took over the tracking, the invisible remembering that runs a household, and gave me back creative energy I forgot I had

Anker’s new earbuds are the first with its AI chip that boosts noise reduction
Anker’s next earbuds come with a new AI chip inside.

Apple’s accessibility features add more AI-powered processing
Apple’s adding AI-generated subtitling for any video.

Humanitarian aid turns to AI as crises outpace capacity
Purpose-designed AI agents with a focus on safety can provide critical assistance to vulnerable populations.

I Tried the Best Captioning Smart Glasses, and Only One Leads the Pack
Can’t hear what they’re saying? Now you can turn on the subtitles for real-life conversations.

No subtitlers hired for TVM auto-subtitles pilot, only proofreaders - The Malta Independent
Two proofreaders, but no professional subtitlers, have been recruited for a pilot project aimed at adding automatically generated subtitles to TVM's 6 and 8pm news broadcasts. The government
AI×専門指導の「スピーチリンク」で失語症のリハビリ支援、開発者・石渡氏に迫る | 電波新聞デジタル
4月25日は、言葉で困る人への理解を深める日本失語症協議会制定の「失語症の日」だ。この日、人工知能(AI)を活用し言語訓練を支えるリハビリテーションのプラットフォーム「Speech Link(スピーチリンク)」の提供が始まった。手がけるのは、言語リハビリを支援するスピーチリンク(東京都新宿区)と、オンラインでリハビリ支援を行うことばの天使(大阪市)だ。スピーチリンクでプロジェクトマネージャーを務

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