Continual Engine and Pearson Earn Brandon Hall Gold Award for Tech Advancements in Serving Learners With Disabilities

Continual Engine is thrilled to announce that our work with Pearson using breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) technology for learners with disabilities earned a Gold award from the leading Human Capital Management firm, Brandon Hall Group.

“We will continue applying this technology and other tools as we work to create learning products that are equitable and inclusive for all learners.”

The Brandon Hall ‘Best Advance in Diversity and Inclusion Innovation’ award acknowledges the innovation and impact of Continual Engine’s image accessibility solution Invicta that Pearson has started applying to higher education ebooks and other products in STEM and business disciplines. Pearson is applying the technology to provide alternate format text descriptions for learners with disabilities to interpret complicated visual images, charts, graphs, and equations.

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Continual Engine is driven by its mission to improve the quality, accessibility, and affordability of education through artificial intelligence-powered Learning Process Automation.

“We thank the Brandon Hall Group for highlighting accessibility in education, and we are proud to work with Continual Engine to improve learning experiences for people with disabilities,” stated AnnMarie Dittell, Accessibility and Compliance Manager, Pearson. “We will continue applying this technology and other tools as we work to create learning products that are equitable and inclusive for all learners.”

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The award validates the contribution of the product Invicta™ in the field of digital accessibility and inclusive content. Invicta™ is setting new standards by automating the process of producing alternate text (alt text) for images, equations, graphs, and tables in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), as well as accounting and other disciplines. The product leverages advanced AI techniques such as deep learning and computer vision to achieve excellence in quality and accuracy.

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