In this episode, you will listen to and learn from Dr. Sarah Wood. She is a cognitive scientist and assistive technology expert with a passion for helping people with disabilities. She obtained a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Florida State University and was a research assistant at the Florida Center for Reading Research. Currently, she is an Accessibility Scientist at Educational Testing Services, better known as ETS. Her passion is leveraging her unique set of talents to empower all learners using her expertise in research, text-to-speech, and accessibility technology more generally. Through her advocacy, research, and systems thinking, she is an emerging leader in efforts to facilitate the learning process so that people with disabilities can reach their highest potential! Especially how people with disabilities can access their education and find how technology works best for them.

Continue the Learning

Read Sarah's Meta-Analysis on the effect of Text-to-Speech on Reading Comprehension.

Learn about Microsoft Immersive Reader

Learn about Grammarly

Learn about Equation Editor from texthelp

Learn about Microsoft Copilot

Learn about ChatGPT

The conversation highlights these assistive technologies and AI solutions. There are many others to explore and learn about.