Scientists have created a robotic arm to translate spoken words into sign language gestures so that deaf people can understand what is being said. The robot is called ASLAN and works by receiving ...

Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed a mechanism that allows spoken dialog systems to learn new words ...

LEOMINSTER — Standing at the front of her class Tuesday morning, sign-language educator Sheryl White told her students, “My strategy is to make signing interesting and fun.” She then pulled a rubber ...

The human body is the greatest form of expression. From the clothes one wears to the things one says and does, expression is a form of self art. Sign language is a form of expression — one that ...

There are more than 70 million people who use sign language around the world, and as the world remembers the importance of ...

A GIF can be more than a well-timed punchline for a tweet or group chat. Now, the looping clips can be used to teach people new languages. As Mashable reports, GIF provider Giphy has launched a new ...

Machine translation systems that convert sign language into text and back again are helping people who are deaf or have difficulty hearing to communicate with those who cannot sign. KinTrans, a ...