Nov 15–16 | No Barrier, Health Equity Finalist at HLTH 2026
Nov 15–16 | HLTH 2026 Finalist
In an independent validation study led by Michal Schuster, PhD, No Barrier’s AI interpreter scored 6.38 out of 7 for accuracy, where 7 means no errors. It stayed highly accurate both from English to Spanish (6.26) and from Spanish to English (6.51).
Judgment, cultural mediation and presence.
In-patient or remote calls and a heavy cognitive load.
Accurate interpreting whenever care happens.
5 vignettes, 91 utterances.
3 sources: No Barrier, Vendor 1 and Vendor 2.
2 qualified medical interpreters rated 273 renditions on a 1 to 7 scale across 4 error types.
ICC 0.62. Friedman's ANOVA.
No Barrier’s AI interpreter scored 6.38 out of 7 for accuracy, where 7 means no errors.
No Barrier's lowest score was 2.5/7. Both vendors had renditions rated 1 (completely incorrect).
Most patients with limited English proficiency speak Spanish. When their provider speaks, they hear it in Spanish. That is exactly where No Barrier's accuracy stayed high.
The No Barrier AI interpreting platform is already deployed across 300+ medical sites.
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