Latest Sign Language News and Stories

The Problem With Zoom Adding Free Captions After Getting Called Out

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2 months ago

The Problem With Zoom Adding Free Captions After Getting Called Out

Julia Métraux

Koko The Gorilla, Famous For Learning Sign Language, Has Died

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3 years ago

Koko The Gorilla, Famous For Learning Sign Language, Has Died

George Dvorsky

Chantek, The Signing Orangutan Who Was Just Like Us, Has Died

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4 years ago

Chantek, The Signing Orangutan Who Was Just Like Us, Has Died

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

There is no permanent good in this world. One minute, everything seems fine. The next minute, the forces of darkness steal away Chantek, the beloved, 39-year-old signing orangutan.

Sign Language Performances Make Every Eminem Song Better

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4 years ago

Sign Language Performances Make Every Eminem Song Better

Eve Peyser

Gadgets

6 years ago

Bell Labs Could Send Sign Language Over The Phone — In 1979

Chris Mills

Back in the good ‘ole days before the internet and Yo and Meerkat and Snapchat, we had one way to talk to people in faraway lands: the telephone. But a microphone and speaker aren’t much use if you’re hearing impaired.

Yes, Sign Language Does Include Words For Duckface, Selfie And Even Emoji

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6 years ago

Yes, Sign Language Does Include Words For Duckface, Selfie And Even Emoji

Logan Booker

Toshiba’s Eerie Sign Language Robot Will Silently Stare Into Your Soul

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7 years ago

Toshiba’s Eerie Sign Language Robot Will Silently Stare Into Your Soul

Andrew Liszewski

Electronic Wristbands Translate Sign Language Into Smartphone Speech

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7 years ago

Electronic Wristbands Translate Sign Language Into Smartphone Speech

Robert Sorokanich

A student team working with Google has come up with an ingenious way to translate signing into spoken word: electronic wristbands that measure the wearer’s muscle activity, recognising sign language symbols and speaking them through an Android device. It could quite literally give signers a voice.