New Delhi, The Indian Sign Language should be recognised as an official language by the government here to enure the dropout rate among deaf and hard-of-hearing students can be reduced, a study by ...

A study is the first-of-its-kind to recognize American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet gestures using computer vision. Researchers developed a custom dataset of 29,820 static images of ASL hand gestures.

Sign-Speak is also exploring how its tools handle slang and emerging vocabulary, which present unique challenges for sign language translation. “If we don’t have a word, we tend to fingerspell it.

American Sign Language Alphabet. The ASL alphabet is a system of shapes you make with your hands to sign the letters of the English alphabet. It’s also called the American Manual Alphabet.

A sign of our past? Deaf experimental psychologist Rain Bosworth has found that babies have an intrinsic ability to recognize sign language, Meghan Rosen reported in “Primed to sign” (SN: 4/26 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Despite the presence of a law, advocates in the deaf community believe more needs to be done to promote Filipino Sign Language. The FSL Act or Republic Act 11106, signed ...

Nobody talks, if they can help it, at the Sign Language Center in New York City. The practice is both instructive and courteous, since three classes in American Sign Language — packed to the ...

Starting from the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, a British Sign Language (BSL) class will be available to GCSE students (aged 15-16).

Margot Robbie was spotted using sign language to chat with a deaf fan on the red carpet in a sweet video that's resurfaced from 2022. Twitter She surprised her fan when she revealed she knows how ...

In American Sign Language, finding a visual way to represent an inner identity can be complicated, and the Deaf community hasn’t reached consensus on many signs.