3 papers
cs.CL2026
Decolonizing Linguistic Policies in Automated Speech Recognition: A Framework for Cross-Culturally Competent Speech AI
Jay L. Cunningham, Mark Atta Mensah, Richard Martinez +2
This paper focuses on automatic speech recognition (ASR) and ASR-mediated voice interfaces that shape access to public services, healthcare, and education. We argue that persistent…
eess.AS2025
Toward Responsible ASR for African American English Speakers: A Scoping Review of Bias and Equity in Speech Technology
Jay L. Cunningham, Adinawa Adjagbodjou, Jeffrey Basoah +3
This scoping literature review examines how fairness, bias, and equity are conceptualized and operationalized in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and adjacent speech and language…
cs.HC2025
Should AI Mimic People? Understanding AI-Supported Writing Technology Among Black Users
Jeffrey Basoah, Jay L. Cunningham, Erica Adams +6
AI-supported writing technologies (AISWT) that provide grammatical suggestions, autocomplete sentences, or generate and rewrite text are now a regular feature integrated into many…