Rate My Professor Brian Trager

Trager's research contributions focus on assistive technologies for educational accessibility. Key publications include 'Exploration of Automatic Speech Recognition for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Higher Education Classes' (co-authored with Janine Butler and Byron Behm, ASSETS '19, 2019), 'Relying on Sight as the Primary Sense: Employing Deaf Students in STEM and Design Fields' (2019), 'American Sign Language: Maximum Live Replay Speed' (2013), 'Assistive View Replay for Deaf Students' (co-authored with Raja Kushalnagar and Karen Beiter, RESNA Annual Conference, 2012), and 'Improving Classroom Visual Accessibility with Cooperative Smartphone Recordings' (2011). He co-developed the 'MAG: De'VIA' mobile app (Center on Access Technology, 2019) and the MUSEAI app for self-guided museum tours with enhanced accessibility features. Trager is also a co-inventor on U.S. Patent 10,927,132 (February 23, 2021) for a 'Method and System to Enhance Communication Between Multiple Parties.' In recognition of his teaching, he received the NTID Teaching/Tutoring Award for Tenured Faculty in the 2013-2014 academic year, noted for outstanding student evaluations and personal connections with students. He teaches courses including NACT-150: Intro to PC Hardware and NACT-151: Windows Operating Systems, and has collaborated on projects such as Microsoft partnerships for AI-powered live captioning.