How AI can bridge the Deaf and hearing worlds | Adam Munder

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🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Software engineer Adam Munder is on a mission to break down communication barriers between the Deaf and hearing worlds. In a live demo, he introduces OmniBridge — an AI platform that translates American Sign Language into English text in real time — and demonstrates how this tech could ensure every conversation can be fully understood, regardless of the participants' hearing abilities. Munder is joined onstage by ASL interpreter Christan Hansen and TED’s Hasiba Haq. (Made in partnership with Intel)

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1:05.2	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
1:07.2	Communication advocate Adam Munder is deaf, so his experience of the world, and even this very TED Talk, is aided by interpreters.
1:15.9	There's a scarcity, however, of interpreters everywhere, and it limits communication options for the deaf and heart of hearing.
1:23.8	In his 2024 talk, he introduces one promising AI tool that can not only help us better communicate, but better connect to.
1:32.9	Adam gave the talk in American Sign Language.
1:35.3	The voice you're hearing is his interpreter, Chris Hansen.
1:38.7	They are coming up.
1:43.4	Adam, wait. They need an interpreter. Now I'm ready. Go ahead.
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