Researchers at UCLA have developed an inexpensive, high-tech glove that can translate sign language into written and spoken words on a smartphone (via Fast Company). The system works in real time and ...

Sign language is used by millions of people around the world, but unlike Spanish, Mandarin or even Latin, there’s no automatic translation available for those who can’t use it. SLAIT claims the first ...

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed a wearable device, resembling something approaching the Nintendo Power Glove, that’s able to translate American Sign Language ...

Two college students have created a pair of talking gloves to help the deaf and mute communicate with the hearing world. University of Washington undergrads Tommy Pryor and Navid Azodi invented a pair ...

Microsoft's Kinect motion sensor has transformed from a novel gaming controller to a valued tool for robotics, and now is helping to interpret sign language in real time. Scientists at Microsoft ...

Two college students have created a pair of talking gloves to help the deaf and mute communicate with the hearing world. University of Washington undergrads Tommy Pryor and Navid Azodi invented a pair ...

Sign-Speak aims to use machine learning to make communicating through sign language easier. Cofounder Nikolas Kelly's own challenges communicating while deaf prompted the idea. The software translates ...

A UB-led research team has modified noise-cancelling headphones to enable the common electronic device to “see” and translate American Sign Language (ASL) when paired with a smartphone. Reported in ...

For most students, a laptop or a college-ruled notebook is enough to get through most lecture classes at the University. For hearing impaired students, the process is much more challenging. They need ...

Helen Keller once wrote "blindness separates people from things, deafness separates people from people," and there are many technological projects dedicated to breaking down those interpersonal ...