Chinese technology firm Huawei aims to raise awareness of deaf literacy with the launch of AI-backed Android app StorySign. It features a signing avatar called Star, created by Aardman Animations, who "reads" to deaf children and uses optical character and image recognition. The app, which is available for download on Google Play in China, will be used as part of an initiative launched last year that has seen more than 100 million people sign up for China's version of Wikipedia. Huawei worked with experts and charities from the deaf community to develop StorySign, which, although available across Europe, currently works with just one English-language book.
Chinese technology firm Huawei aims to raise awareness of deaf literacy with the launch of AI-backed Android app StorySign. It features a signing avatar called Star, created by Aardman Animations, who "reads" to deaf children and uses optical character and image recognition. The AI helps speed up the loading of each page. Huawei worked with experts and charities from the deaf community to develop StorySign, which, although available across Europe, currently works with just one English-language book.