Deaf Americans outraged by fake signer at Mandela memorial American Sign Language interpreters in the U.S. must pass a rigorous certification exam The U.S. has as many as 200 ASL certification ...

The recent news of German start-up Bragi leaving the consumer hardware business -- which likely meant an end to its ambitious true wireless earbuds, the Dash -- was unfortunate. I admired the ...

Amber Galloway Gallego was in bed when a friend texted her: "Turn on Jimmy Kimmel." "I was like, 'Why?' " said Galloway Gallego, who lives in Houston. Then she flipped on the late-night talk show and ...

At first we thought this Language Line Phone was able to electronically interpret languages in real time. No, there’s no practical real-time electronic interpreter yet, but until that day comes, the ...

At least IME, I feel like coding is nothing like language. I think it's much more like learning abstract math. Coding to me—at least as I've experienced it from something like six semesters' worth of ...

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to travel to a foreign country without having to worry about the nuisance of communicating in a different language? No more trying to remember your high school French when ...

Language access in healthcare is a crucial component in minimising inequities among patient populations with limited proficiency in the dominant language. Extensive research has demonstrated that ...