Scannell mendirikan [[Indigenous Tweets]] pada tahun 2011 untuk mempromosikan penggunaan bahasa asli dan minoritas di media sosial. Ia merupakan salah satu penerjemah yang menerjemahkan platform [[Gmail]], [[Twitter]], dan [[WhatsApp]] ke dalam bahasa Irlandia.<ref name="Fulbright">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fulbright.ie/custom_alumni/kevin-scannell/|title=Kevin Scannell|website=Fulbright|access-date=8 Juli 2020}}</ref><ref name="Pollak">{{Cite news|last=Pollak|first=Sorcha|title=US academic to develop Irish language Siri during 6-month Gaeltacht stay|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/us-academic-to-develop-irish-language-siri-during-6-month-gaeltacht-stay-1.3923695|access-date=8 Juli 2020|work=The Irish Times|date=12 June 2019|language=en}}</ref>
Scannell menerjemahkan materi kode senilai 20 jam ke dalam Bahasabahasa Irlandia untuk [[ Code.org |Hour of Code]] pada 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kelleher|first=Patrick|title=An cód: Now children can learn computer coding in Irish for the first time|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/an-cod-now-children-can-learn-computer-coding-in-irish-for-the-first-time-35267864.html|access-date=8 Juli 2020|work=Independent|date=5 December 2016|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ó Broin|first=Ultan|title=An Cód: Craicing the Code in Irish|url=https://multilingual.com/cod-coding-gaeilge/|access-date=8 Juli 2020|work=MultiLingual|date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Pada 2019, ia menciptakan mesin pembuat nama bahasa Irlandia yang disebut ''{{Lang|ga|Gaeligh mé}}''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ó Coimín|first=Maitiú|title=Don’t know your name in Irish? There’s an app for that!|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/irish-version-of-my-name-app|access-date=8 Juli 2020|work=IrishCentral.com|date=12 September 2019|language=en}}</ref>
Pada tahun 2019, Scannell mendapatkan [[Program Fulbright|beasiswa Fulbright]] untuk mengembangkan teknologi bahasa Irlandia menggunakan [[Pemelajaran dalam|pembelajaran mendalam]] dan [[ Jaringan saraf |jaringan saraf]]. Ia bekerja sama dengan para peneliti di ''{{Lang|ga|[[Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge]]}}'' di Carna, [[County Galway]].<ref name="Fulbright">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fulbright.ie/custom_alumni/kevin-scannell/|title=Kevin Scannell|website=Fulbright|access-date=8 Juli 2020}}</ref><ref name="Pollak">{{Cite news|last=Pollak|first=Sorcha|title=US academic to develop Irish language Siri during 6-month Gaeltacht stay|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/us-academic-to-develop-irish-language-siri-during-6-month-gaeltacht-stay-1.3923695|access-date=8 Juli 2020|work=The Irish Times|date=12 June 2019|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cies.org/grantee/kevin-scannell|title=Kevin Scannell|website=www.cies.org|access-date=8 Juli 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kelly|first=Brian|title=Irish language Siri being made for people of Connemara|url=https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/irish-language-siri-being-made-for-people-of-connemara/|access-date=8 Juli 2020|work=Galway Daily|date=13 June 2019}}</ref>
Scannell adalah seorang kontributor [[Wikipedia bahasa Irlandia]] dan aktif menambahkan isidata bertopik Irlandia ke [[Wikidata]].<ref name="Strategies">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmoG7QIzB7s|title=Strategies for scaling up the Irish language Wikipedia|access-date=9 Juli 2020}}</ref>
