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THE TONY AWARDS & CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY PRESENT THE 2023 EXCELLENCE IN THEATRE EDUCATION AWARD TO JASON ZEMBUCH YOUNG OF PLANTATION, FLORIDA

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NEW YORK & PITTSBURGH, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) announced today that theatre director/teacher Jason Zembuch Young of South Plantation High School in Plantation, Florida, will receive the 2023 Excellence in Theatre Education Award.

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  • The Excellence in Theatre Education Award was co-founded in 2014 by the Tony Awards and CMU to recognize top K-12 drama teachers and to celebrate arts education.
  • A panel of theatre experts from the American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League and Carnegie Mellon University selected Zembuch Young from a nationwide call for entries.
  • Zembuch Young will receive $10,000 for South Plantation High School's theatre program and tickets to The Tony Awards and Gala.
  • CBS and Pluto TV will present The Tony Awards: Act One, a pre-show of live, exclusive content leading into The 76th Annual Tony Awards.

Baidu Launches AI Platform to Enable on-Device, Real-Time Translation from Speech to Hand Gestures

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Thursday, March 3, 2022
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BEIJING, March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu AI Cloud, a leading AI cloud provider, launched an AI sign language platform able to generate digital avatars for sign language translation and live interpretation within minutes.

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  • BEIJING, March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu AI Cloud, a leading AI cloud provider, launched an AI sign language platform able to generate digital avatars for sign language translation and live interpretation within minutes.
  • Both are embedded with core functions of the AI sign-language platform, able to realize ASR speech recognition, speech translation, and portrait rendering.
  • To make AI sign language comprehendible, Baidu scientists had to resolve three key challenges: the clarity of speech recognition, the accuracy of sign language translation, and the fluency of sign language movements.
  • To address speech recognition clarity, the XiLing AI sign language platform uses Baidu's home-grown SMLTA speech recognition model to achieve end-to-end modeling speech recognition through integrating acoustics and language.