More than 70 million deaf or hard-of-hearing people globally use sign language, but there's an acute shortage of interpreters. Silence Speaks is a British startup that wants to bridge that gap with an ...

Rwanda is set to establish a sign-language college aimed at improving communication, skills development and access to information for deaf-blind and deaf persons. The institution, known as the ‘Africa ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a major push towards inclusive education and accessibility, the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), the Disabled People’s Organisation of Bhutan (DPOB), and the Wangsel Institute ...

FOXBORO – More young children are learning to express themselves through sign language at day cares in Massachusetts. "Imagine having all these big feelings and no way to get it out," said Jessica ...