A study is the first-of-its-kind to recognize American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet gestures using computer vision. Researchers developed a custom dataset of 29,820 static images of ASL hand gestures.

Victoria Johnson teaches children at Sayéik Gastineau Community School about the history of Orange Shirt Day incorporating Lingít language on Sept. 30, 2022. (Photo by Paige Sparks/KTOO) Lingít ...

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 ...

Afterwork phone calls or Zoom hangouts with family and friends -- or even your therapist -- have become a crucial part of how we stay connected and sane during the Covid-19 pandemic. But for 30 ...

Over the years, we've seen a number of experimental "smart" gloves that convert their deaf wearer's hand gestures into text and/or audible speech. The aptly named Sign Language Translation Glove, ...

People who converse with their hands “I want to say 'I love you' in sign language.” On January 8, I visited the Regional ...

MANILA – A group of Filipino Computer Engineering students from De La Salle Lipa has developed an assistive robotic hand that translates spoken words into sign language, aiming to make education more ...

Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...