Artificial Intelligence for greater inclusion

The Rey Juan Carlos University and the Association of the Deaf of Madrid (ASM) sign an agreement to collaborate on a technology project based on artificial intelligence to help deaf people communicate

Raúl García Hémonnet/Editor

The Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer, Fernando García Muiña, and the President of the Madrid Association for the Deaf, José Gallardo Oliva, signed a collaboration agreement on Wednesday for both institutions to work together on the project 'Detection and decoding of lip-to-lip language based on high-sensitivity sensors and artificial intelligence (SENLAB-IA)'.

This project is already being developed at the URJC, funded within the framework of the 7th Call for Grants for Research Projects on Accessible Technologies promoted by INDRA-MINSAIT and the UNIVERSIA FOUNDATION, with the aim of promoting the implementation of innovation and development projects on accessible technologies.

The URJC considers that the ASM meets the characteristics defined in the call for proposals, and has the experience, means and access to potential users of the technology developed in the project, which would facilitate its involvement in the definition and validation phases.

The Rey Juan Carlos University undertakes and is obliged to inform the ASM of the progress made within the framework of the research project consisting of the research and development of a mask with sensors and algorithms for translating labiofacial movement into tongue.

For its part, the ASM undertakes to collaborate in the project tasks that involve the definition and validation of the technology being researched and developed.

Specifically, the association will collaborate in the following tasks of the project: 'Tests of sensorization of lip and facial movements', by advising the URJC group on the optimal location of the sensors; 'Detection and treatment of the signals generated in the sensor by lip movements and their association with vowels, phonemes, words and phrases emitted by various individuals', facilitating the participation of end users of the developed technology and, finally, 'Validation of the prototype by users', articulating the participation of people in the proof of concept and the validation of the prototype.

The agreement is valid for one year from the date of its signing, and may be extended by express agreement of the parties for a period of up to four additional years.