American Sign Language (ASL) users are no strangers to video chatting. The technology—which has been around since 1927, when AT&T experimented with the first rudimentary videophones—lets deaf and hard ...

Millions of people use sign language, but the methods of teaching this complex and subtle skill haven’t evolved as quickly as those for written and spoken languages. SLAIT School aims to change that ...

For deaf and hard-of-hearing people, voice recognition technology like Alexa and Siri can be a barrier to effective communication. Researchers have used AI to develop a tool that converts sign ...

Performers from the ASL Theatre in Florida recorded a video performing "Something To Believe In" from Newsies, fully in ASL (American Sign Language). Check out the video here! ASL Theatre is a sign ...

Seventeen-year-old Taylor Anez has been able to speak in sign language nearly all her life. "Honestly," she said, "since I was a baby. The first word I learned to say was 'milk.'" Taylor uses American ...

An aspect of video calls that many of us take for granted is the way they can switch between feeds to highlight whoever’s speaking. Great — if speaking is how you communicate. Silent speech like sign ...

Student Derick Jackson communicates with DISD’s Director of Health and Physical Education Lisa Whitaker through sign language at a summer camp at Harry Stone Montessori in Dallas, June 16, 2025. The ...

Scientists just developed a new high-tech glove that could translate sign language into speech in real-time, possibly enabling deaf people to communicate directly with anyone without needing a human ...