FightMND Scientific Seminar Series

Tuesday 26th March,2024 12.00pm (AEDT)

An online scientific seminar series focused on MND Research. Hear from national experts and emerging leaders in MND research including the latest clinical trials, drug developments, pre-clinical models, discovery research and collaborative platforms. Learn, connect and share with the Australian MND research community.

For enquiries related to the seminar series, please contact: Dr Sarah Bennett [email protected]

February Seminar 2024

Richard Cave

27th February, 2024

How people living with MND use personalized automated speech recognition technology to support conversation

Voice banking technology allows people living with MND to preserve their voice for continued communication. Richard will outline his work in the field of automated speech recognition technology (ASR) and how it may benefit people living with MND. He will discuss some of the current strengths and weaknesses of the technology, as well as his current research to advance ASR and its implications for the adoption of technology. Richard welcomes discussion and questions as part of his presentation.

Richard Cave is a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) and PhD candidate at UCL in London. He provides specialist SLT consultancy to Google’s Project Relate, Project Euphonia, Look To Speak projects amongst others, facilitating co-design with people living with MND, head and neck cancer, laryngectomy, Cerebral Palsy, Stroke and many other conditions.  Richard works with the MND Association and is a Clinical Ambassador to the Mouth Cancer Foundation – a non-profit in the UK. He is a National adviser for voice banking and MND to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, and was awarded the Allied Health Professional recognition award for 2022 by the International Alliance of ALS Associations.