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Film: BAFTA Award Winner Andy Serkis Praises The Enabling Power Of Technology

Forbes
Feb 4 2020
 
BAFTA Award Winner Andy Serkis Praises The Enabling Power Of Technology
 
Nancy DoyleContributor
Diversity & Inclusion
 
Famous for his role as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and later in Planet of the Apes, Andy Serkis works at the cutting edge of transformational technology. His comments at the BAFTA Awards on Sunday night made me sit up and pay attention. He spoke about performance capture being an egalitarian tool – “anyone can play anything” he said. This idea plays out in many forms across many industries and diversities. Thinking about this with regards to its impact on disability it is worth noting that we have already seen:
 
·       Auto-voice capture revolutionizing video access for deaf people, and free apps for all video content creators to download
 
·       Speech recognition software improving written communication for people with mobility and motor control difficulties, as well as those who need to speak in order to think
 
·       Google maps transforming the ability of dyspraxic thinkers to navigate, but also building the foundations for driverless cars and more engaged navigation for people with sight loss
 
·       The concept of Universal Design gradually increasing wheelchair access (although with recognition that this is far from adequate still)
 
So what is next for accessibility driven tech?
 
 
 https://www.forbes.com/sites/drnancydoyle/2020/02/04/bafta-award-winner-andy-serkis-praises-the-enabling-power-of-technology/#20d50aa31af2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS