Build it with AI: Tawi's Home-Based Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) Toolkit

Build it with AI is a series hosting AI entrepreneurs who share their journeys and experiences driving innovation in the Era of AI.

In this episode, we host Muna Numan and Syntiche Musawu, co-founders of Tawi, an app that uses speech recognition technology to suppress background noise, enhance speech quality and transcribe speech all in real-time for children living with Auditory Processing Disorder (APD). With just earphones and a mobile phone, children with APD overcome a huge communication barrier, comfortably interacting with their peers and navigating the world with more confidence to achieve their full potential.

Team TAWI also emerged as the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2023 World Champions, and in this episode, they talk about:

• The ins and outs of their product (including the architecture under the hood)
• AI technologies that power the product – Azure AI Service (Speech service) and OpenAI’s Whisper (now available on Microsoft Azure)
• Challenges, including conflicts during the team formation stage and how they resolved this to achieve their mission.
• A one-stop shop for all founders, Microsoft Founders Hub, that provided the cloud infrastructure they needed to build their product, at no cost.

Resources

1. TAWI Website: https://tawi-ai.com/
2. Founders Hub to unlock benefits for your tech Azure credits, OpenAI credits, expert 1:1 consultation for your products among other benefits.