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Research Notes: The Accessibility Revolution Nobody's Marketing

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A Z Mackay
Jan 22, 2025
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Spotted an odd detail: Google built an AI that detects when someone sighs mid-sentence and labels it in captions. Not transcribes. Annotates. The system watches for emotional exhales and puts them on screen for deaf users to see.

This seemed bigger than anyone was making it. So I went looking.

The Research Trail

The trail started with Google’s announcement…

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