Media Tech Talk Tony Abrahams (AI Media) - Media Tech Talk #004
Media Tech Talk #004 - Tony Abrahams (AI-Media)
Tony Abrahams - Co-Founder and CEO of AI-Media, one of Australia’s most successful media technology exports - joins Daevid Richards for a conversation about the evolution of accessibility in media, the power of AI-driven captioning, and what it takes to build a global company at the intersection of technology and inclusion.
In this episode:
(00:00) – Introduction & the question that started AI-Media
(02:00) – Meeting Foxtel and pitching accessibility as opportunity
(06:00) – The science behind why captions improve comprehension
(07:00) – Launching live captioning and Facebook partnership
(10:00) – From respeakers to real-time AI captioning
(12:00) – “AI is like water” – the ubiquity and economics of automation
(14:00) – Founding leap of faith and early partnerships
(16:00) – Co-founders Alex Jones & Leonie Jackson’s impact and legacy
(18:00) – Regulation, inclusion, and Australia’s accessibility advantage
(20:00) – The EEG acquisition and building global infrastructure
(26:00) – Shifting from human to AI-driven models
(28:00) – Lexi Voice: the “Babel fish” for real-time translation
(32:00) – The power of being closest to the data
(33:00) – Scaling Lexi products worldwide
(36:00) – Balancing innovation and responsibility
(37:00) – Introducing Lexi AI and internal “dogfooding”
(39:00) – Leonie Jackson’s message: accessibility benefits everyone
(41:00) – Closing reflections
💬 Guest: Tony Abrahams - https://www.ai-media.tv | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyabrahams/
Host: Daevid Richards & Paul Luckett (Paul was unable to make this episode)
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