NC Cultural Foundation Lowers Communication Barriers for People with Disabilities Through AI Voices and Picture Symbols

[Financial News] NC Cultural Foundation is promoting inclusive technology that lowers communication barriers for people with disabilities by using AI voices and picture symbols. The technology helps people who have difficulty expressing themselves communicate their thoughts through more than 2,000 picture symbols and natural-sounding AI voices.
NC Cultural Foundation announced on the 22nd that it participated as a co-host of the 3rd Korea Social Value Festa, held at the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center in Seoul from the 21st to the 22nd, where it showcased its augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) application, My AAC.
AAC is a means of supplementing or replacing communication for people who have difficulty expressing themselves through speech or writing. My AAC is the foundation's flagship inclusive technology initiative, which it has provided free of charge since 2015.
At the event, the foundation created a space where visitors could experience My AAC firsthand under the theme "This Is How We Connect." Visitors could learn how AAC is used in real-life communication by using the app's natural-sounding AI voices and more than 2,000 picture symbols.
The foundation also operated an interactive wall that displayed answers when visitors tapped AAC-related question cards on a near-field communication (NFC) terminal. Other hands-on programs allowed visitors to write letters using picture symbols and decorate their own keyboard keycaps.
During a special program, Noh Yu-ran, head of NC Cultural Foundation's Inclusive Technology Business Team, spoke about the process of addressing communication challenges faced by people with disabilities through My AAC and shared examples from the field.
Park Myung-jin, chairman of NC Cultural Foundation, said, "We will continue working to create a more humane future in which everyone can express themselves without communication barriers and respect one another."
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