Last updated:23 November 2024, 15:40 IST

The Little KITE program is a two-day camp focused on creating AI tools to help children with speech and hearing impairments.

With UNICEF’s help, the goodwill initiative will start today. (Image: Shutterstock)

Over 15,600 students from Kerala’s Little KITE program will participate in a series of sub-district camps aimed at harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to help children with special needs (CWSN).

The initiative, organized by Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) with UNICEF support, will begin on November 23, according to an official release on Friday.

The two-day camp spread across 260 sites will focus on creating AI tools to help children with speech and hearing impairments communicate using sign language.

These tools include video-based learning modules and interactive platforms to make sign language more accessible, the release said.

In addition, students will develop animation films to promote environmental conservation.

“A highlight of the program is the development of AI-powered tools that enable speech and hearing impaired children to communicate using sign language. These modules will not only facilitate learning sign language but also encourage interaction with such children. Video classes for this purpose will also to be introduced in the camps,” the release added.

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K Anvar Sadath, CEO of KITE, said 15,668 students were selected from school-level competitions out of the 2.08 lakh Little KITE members in 2,219 units.

About 1,200 trainers have been prepared for the camps, which will be run in batches without disrupting regular classes, he said.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)