Speech technology has significantly increased access to computing devices, with speech recognition enabling people with motor skill impairments and speech synthesis providing accessibility for individuals with vision impairments.
On February 26th, the Global Forum in the Great Hall welcomed Dr. Alex Acero. Dr. Acero is AI Venture Partner at Cadenza Capital, and a consultant to startups in AI. Until 2024, he was Senior Distinguished Engineer and Siri Chief Scientist at Apple, leading speech recognition, speech synthesis, language understanding, and dialog for Siri, Apple’s personal assistant. Dr. Acero described several technological advancements that made these innovations possible. Additionally, he shared his personal journey of leveraging speech and language technologies to benefit society.
