BUCHAREST, Romania,
Dec. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --
This new grant will provide the eLearning company Ascendia with the
$ 15,000 in Azure credits to
accelerate the work on the Timlogo project. In Romania, of about 4 million children, 10% of
them - that is, 400,000 - have speech disorders and their number is
rising. Unfortunately, there are no modern tools to meet the needs
of everyone. In addition, the number of speech therapists and
speech therapies at national level is low, a¬nd the methods used
are lacking in appropriate patient age stimulation and have a very
low degree of interactivity. With the help of Microsoft and the AI
for Accessibility program we will improve the machine learning
system of the platform and plan to expand to neighboring
countries.
"Timlogo proposes an AI driven, highly interactive, speech
development platform (which can be used both during therapy
sessions - at the cabinet as well as at home), that is based on the
linguistic specificity of the languages, adapted to the age of the
patient and, last but not least, accessible to any budget.", said
Alex Mălureanu, CMO & Co-Founder Ascendia.
"At Microsoft Romania, we started the partnership with Ascendia
4 years ago by supporting them with cloud resources in Microsoft
Azure in order to enable their start-up ideas in education. We are
so proud that Ascendia developed since then products designed not
only for K12 learning, but also a special platform for children
with speech problems, called Timlogo. This innovative solution is
actually showing that AI leveraged in Azure, with practically
unlimited cloud power and intelligence, can really make our lives
better. Congratulations, Ascendia, for being among the top digital
transformation start-ups in the world, as proven by the Azure grant
received from AI for Accessibility division of Microsoft Corp!"
said Marilena Ionașcu, Education Director at Microsoft Romania.
AI for Accessibility is Microsoft's $25
million 5-year program aimed at harnessing the power of AI
to amplify human capability for the more than one billion people
around the world with disabilities. It's a call to action for
developers, NGO's, academics, researchers and inventors to
accelerate their work for people with disabilities, focusing on
three challenges: Employment, Daily Life and Communication and
Connection. Through grants, technology, and AI expertise, the
program aims to accelerate the development of accessible and
intelligent AI solutions and build on recent advancements in
Microsoft Cognitive Services to help developers create intelligent
apps that can see, hear, speak, understand and interpret people's
needs.
Please visit the AI for Accessibility website and
http://www.timlogo.ro for more information.
SOURCE TIMLOGO