Dr Richard Cave

Dr Richard Cave is a research fellow at GDI Hub’s Academic Research Centre and a sub-programme lead on the GDI Hub’s work in Ghana, particularly for the research and implementation of speech recognition technology for ‘non-standard’ speech in Ghanaian languages. His PhD focused on the lived experience of people living with speech change when using AI-driven speech recognition technology and how it helped them to be better understood in everyday conversation. Richard is a speech and language therapist with 16 years clinical experience working with communities at risk of speech change and loss, including MND and Head and Neck Cancer. He is a national advisor to Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist in the UK and recent recipient of the Allied Professional award from the International Alliance of ALS/Motor Neurone Disease. Between 2019-2024 Richard provided consultancy to Google Research on the Euphonia and Project Relate research on speech recognition technology for those with ‘non-standard’ speech.