Educational Technologist | AI Researcher | Digital Innovator
🔬 MSc in Information Technology (University of Derby)
🔍 Passionate about inclusive technology, gesture recognition (Makaton), speech AI, and accessible learning tools.
📍 Based in the UK
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🔤 Makaton-to-English Translator: AI-powered sign language system using gesture recognition and deep learning
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🗣️ Apraxia of Speech Detection: Researching multimodal models and adversarial noise for robust speech diagnosis
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🧠 TechWorld Academy: Led a 3-day IT program for 100+ youth in Nigeria
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✍️ freeCodeCamp Publication: Authored an article on How to Create a Real-Time Gesture-to-Text Translator Using Python and Mediapipe — published on freeCodeCamp’s Developer News
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Featured in The Guardian: Highlighted for my work on predictive, multimodal AAC technology in the feature article “Predictive communication for all: The future of inclusive tech is here”
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| Project | Contribution | Status | Link |
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| Hugging Face Transformers | Updated ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) examples to improve cross-platform reliability, dataset consistency, and onboarding experience. | ✅ Merged | PR #41027 |
| spaCy (Explosion AI) | Removed the outdated spaCy Quickstart course link from official documentation to protect users from spam redirects and maintain resource integrity. | ✅ Merged | PR #13877 |
| Gradio (Hugging Face) | Added a Vercel deployment template for the JS Client and linked it from the guide to streamline web deployment workflows for AI developers. | 🕒 Under Review | PR #12053 |
| Mozilla Common Voice | Improved documentation accessibility by updating Matrix community links and providing alternative connection methods for contributors. | 🕒 Under Review | PR #5081 |
- 🧩 Global AI Delegate to the UK (GAFAI) – representing responsible AI initiatives.
- 🗣️ Technical Author – FreeCodeCamp
- 💪 Tech Volunteer and Mentor – AbilityNet • Codebar
- 🎓 Conference Presenter – ICSIE 2024, Aarhus 2025, UKCI 2025
- 🎓 Google IT Support Certificate
- 🤖 AI & Python Masterclass — Data Science Nigeria
- 💼 MBCS — British Computer Society
- ⚡ IEEE — Senior Level Member
- 🏛 FRSA — Royal Society of Arts
✨ Always learning. Always building. Always advocating for inclusive tech.