New partnership makes information accessible to every child Millions of children around the world face barriers to understanding written content due to cognitive differences, disabilities, or reading challenges. This limits their ability to access essential information and participate fully in society. UNICEF is working with ETH Zurich to develop EasyRead, which is an open source GenAI solution that helps children overcome these barriers. EasyRead uses simplified language, logical structure, supportive visuals, and accessible layouts to make content easier to understand. By making digital information more inclusive, we aim to ensure that every child, regardless of ability, can learn, engage, and thrive. Gerda Binder Department of Computer Science (D-INFK), ETH Zürich ETH AI Center University of Lucerne Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Inclusion International Inclusion Africa Down Syndrome International
That sounds really promising! Looking forward to continuing our collaboration Gerda Binder! Bernd Schramm Thomas Trümper Dieter Rothenberger
Senior Advisor, Digital Impact | Child Rights | Gender Equality | Inclusion, UNICEF
1wSonia Laguna Cillero Sascha Langenbach Leo Eigner thank you for the wonderful ETH collaboration! Our partnership and progress via Data Science Lab is inspiring. A shout out also to GIZ colleagues for cooperating on the GenAI Easy Read prototype last year within the GIZ InnoFund 2024 Sandra Nicole Rotzinger Christian Gmelin Vanessa Dreier Jan Schlenk Isaac Manzi. Thy Nowak-Tran Fernando Botelho Gopal Mitra Lucia Albelda Gimeno Katherine Hoffmann Pham Shane O'Connor Johannes Trimmel Anna Burlyaeva Henrietta Ridley Peter G. Kirchschlaeger Sergej Bojic