Video conferencing for sign language users is about to get a lot easier, as Google is reportedly researching new features that will allow for a more comprehensive experience for deaf and mute users.

A heartwarming moment between a cast member portraying Princess Anna at Disneyland and a deaf guest is going viral. Theme park characters have been making headlines recently for all the wrong reasons ...

TikTok is full of American Sign Language tutorials. But virality doesn't always come with accuracy. The deaf community is urging people to only learn from creators who are deaf or hard of hearing.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...