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50 people are interested
Creating Easy-To-Understand COVID-19 Information Worldwide
ORGANIZATION: INDEX Program, Shriver Center, UMass Medical School
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50 people are interested
We are creating a website with reliable COVID-19 information we simplify so it is understandable by the world's huge populations of people with cognitive disabilities, people with low literacy, non-native language speakers, and seniors. We are collecting the information from the websites of every country's governments. Those websites are not usable by people with physical disabilities, such as the blind. Their information is not understandable. Our website will be an example to them. Accessible, understandable COVID-19 information for all the world's citizens will make the world healthier and safer throughout this time of crisis.
To help simplify the COVID-19 text, we need:
- thousands of native-language speakers (crowdsourcing);
- people who can identify and remove bias from the text;
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About INDEX Program, Shriver Center, UMass Medical School
Location:
55 Lake Avenue North, S3-301, Worcester, MA 01655, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide information to people with disabilities to help them lead independent, healthy, safe lives.
Description
INDEX provides information about programs, services, and health-care providers to people with disabilities. INDEX is a program of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. All our amazing staff, graduate students, and interns are people with physical disabilities, cognitive disabilities, non-native English speakers, from many races and ethnicities, women, and/or seniors. We are passionate, hard-working, and mission-driven.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
November 2, 2022
SKILLS
- Software Engineering
- Software Development
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 8 hours to unlimited for people helping simplify text. Six months ommitment for machine-learning help.
- We are looking for someone who can help us with machine- learing and have expertise in that area.