Telecom giant SoftBank Corp. is working with the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo to fine-tune an app called SureTalk that converts sign language gestures into text. When a person uses ...

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 ...

Artificial intelligence has been used to make avatars that appear capable of translating text into sign language. But one of the researchers behind the demonstration videos says they are being ...

Google has introduced a new AI model named SignGemma, which is capable of translating sign language into spoken text. This tool is specifically designed to convert various sign languages into written ...

American Sign Language (ASL) recognition systems often struggle with accuracy due to similar gestures, poor image quality and inconsistent lighting. To address this, researchers developed a system ...

ndonesian sign language interpreters talk about their practice and how it feels to “perform” for the hard of hearing and deaf to create a more-inclusive performance. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once ...

A Kenyan entrepreneur who designed an app that translates speech into sign language using AI-powered 3D avatars has won a major award for African innovation. “Think of it as Google Translate for sign ...