Access to language is gaining attention as the core of rights for people with disabilities. With awareness of sign language as a linguistic tool rising throughout society, the spread and expansion of ...

India is soon to publish its first sign language dictionary. BBC Hindi's Divya Arya meets the people behind a unique initiative. Apart from a few clicks on computer keyboards and the routine shuffling ...

The Indian government has embarked upon one such kind — and first-of-its-kind — project. A 12-member team put together by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is coming out with an Indian ...

Scientists develop first sign-language dictionary searchable by gesture. Jan. 12, 2008— -- Bilingual dictionaries are usually a two-way street: you can look up a word in English and find, say, ...

Volunteers participate in a program to make the video dictionary of Chinese sign language. [Photo provided to China Daily] A recently compiled online video dictionary of Chinese sign language is ...

For around a hundred years, Indians used sign language but did not mention it in a centrally documented form. That changed in 2018. In 2018, India published the first Indian Sign Language (ISL) ...

As part of efforts to remove barriers that prevent persons in the deaf community from communicating effectively, the country has developed the first bilingual South African Sign Language (SASL) ...

The dictionary is available as an app on smartphones to provide standardised SASL lexical terminology. “This effort will close [the] communication gap drastically, which affect many facets of a deaf ...

These sites are clearly among the most comprehensive on the free web: AQEPA - A collection of resources for people with hearing problems, including courses. Sign Language Basics - Featuring the ...