She Built AI That Gives People Their Voice Back
She didn’t plan to change the world — but a single hackathon sparked a technology now giving people new ways to communicate.
Dr. Hadeel Ayoub, the inventor behind BrightSign and Fiddley, joins us to share how she built AI-driven tools that translate hand signs into speech, and how a mission to help one person grew into global impact.
In this episode, we unpack her founder story, the breakthrough moment in Seoul that changed her path forever, the emotional reactions from families, and what it takes to build assistive hardware that truly works in the real world.
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