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Disability expert in tech and accessibility
Eyra Abraham, Founder of Lisnen talking about her work & expertise in the disability market. Founding her own company serving this market, and the challenges people face in a growing innovative society.
How Can AI Assist Accessibility?
TVOntario, November 21, 2019Television
Eyra spoke to Steve Paikin on The Agenda about hearing loss and a promising future for those living with a disability with artificial intelligence (AI).
Canadian Disability Benefit passes into law
Rabble.ca, September 30, 2023Online
URL: https://rabble.ca/health/canadian-disability-benefit-passes-into-law/
Can AI be used to help people with disabilities? Experts say yes, with the ‘right data set’
Global News, January 29, 2023Online
URL: https://globalnews.ca/news/9440455/artificial-intelligence-disability/
AI and privacy: Experts worry users may have already ‘traded a lot’ for services
Global News, January 15, 2023Online
URL: https://globalnews.ca/news/9411392/artificial-intelligence-privacy/
Balancing the books: learning in a digital world
The Varsity, April 1, 2023Online
URL: https://thevarsity.ca/2023/04/01/balancing-the-books-learning-in-a-digital-world/
Entrepreneurs with disabilities seek investor attention
Canadian Family Offices, June 14, 2022Online
URL: https://canadianfamilyoffices.com/wealth/entrepreneurs-with-disabilities-seek-investor-attention
How entrepreneurs with disability are making their own space in the business world
The Globe and Mail, March 8, 2022Online
25 Women to Watch: Succeeding in a COVID World
Women of Influence, June 19, 2020Online
URL: https://www.womenofinfluence.ca/2020/06/19/25-women-to-watch-succeeding-in-a-covid-world/
It Took A Pandemic To Prove What Students With Disabilities Wanted For Years Is Possible
HuffPost Canada, August 24, 2020Online
URL: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/covid-student-disability_ca_5f3ad4cfc5b670ab17ae9538?tji
Biography
Eyra Abraham is a Founder/CEO of Lisnen, a Toronto-based Startup which develops technology for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing using AI to detect sounds. Lisnen’s mission is to empower people to overcome challenges. Abraham graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. She pivoted her career into marketing and communications, but her love for technology and innovation drew her back to founding her company.
Past Talks
Making Technology Accessible for All
Annual Beyond Limits Conference
Winnipeg, MB, October 27, 2023
Panel Discussion | Disability-Inclusive Risk Management for AI Hiring Technologies
M-Enabling Summit
Washington, DC, October 11, 2023
Impactful Ideas Stage: Tech For Good
Women in IT Summit Canada
Toronto, ON, October 19, 2023
An Entrepreneurial Roadmap To Building A Mission-Driven AI Product
Black in Technology Conference
Nashville, TN, September 7, 2023
Fireside chat with an entrepreneur with disability
Federal Procurement Diversity Expo for Persons with Disabilities
Online, May 31, 2023
AI - Helping Make Technology Accessible for All
British Association of Public Safety Communications Officials
Coventry, UK, March 8, 2023
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Women in Business Summit
online, June 22, 2022
Procurement Assistance Canada
PAC-OR Diversity Expo
Online, May 31, 2022
AGE-WELL Webinar Series
What Assistive Technology means to Canadians: A conversation on improving equitable access to assistive technology
Online, May 17, 2022
Policy Horizons Canada
Reimagining the Future of Work
Online, June 1, 2022
Black History Month Panel
Black History Month Celebration at FreshBooks
Online, February 16, 2021
Diversity & Inclusion - 25 years of Black History Month: Being Black in Canada, then and now
Black History Month with Employment and Social Development Canada
Online, February 25, 2021
People with Disabilities and the Workplace
Rakuten-Kobo Monthly Employee Series - Kobo Tech Ladies and the Diversity & Inclusion Committee
Online, April 19, 2021
AI: Augmenting Inequalities or Artificial Intelligence
FWD50
Online, November 3, 2021
User Personas: Building raving fans with hearing loss users
#a11yTO Conf
Online, October 21, 2020
Making Sense with AI
#a11yTO Camp
Online, May 23, 2020
Canadian International African Diaspora Summit
International Women - Leadership & Empowerment Brunch: Bridging the gaps; United for our youth
Toronto, October 12, 2019
AI solutions in the disability market
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Geeks
Toronto, September 25, 2019
Machine Learning within the Disability Market
Women in Data Science
Toronto, March 23, 2019
Stand Up for Passion
Toronto, July 19, 2018
The Unintentional Innovation (How disability fuels modern tech innovations)
Canadian University Software Engineering Conference
Montreal, January 12, 2019