WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - An estimated half-million people in the United States use American Sign Language. Most of us don’t and if you’ve ever found yourself trying to have a conversation with a deaf or ...

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 ...

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 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Hand Talk is an app which is designed to allow better communication between deaf and non-deaf people. The app, which has already been downloaded more than one million ...

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 ...

Virtual reality isn’t all about legless avatars and forgettable games. Case in point, members of the deaf community are now taking advantage of modern headsets’ increasingly sophisticated hand ...

A team of students in Antwerp, Belgium are responsible for Project Aslan, which is exploring the feasibility of using 3D printed robotic arms for assisting with and translating sign language. The idea ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amanda Morris about how sign language evolves over time, the subject of her recent piece in The New York Times. In 2014, the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps the most ...

A video of an American Sign Language interpreter signing the lyrics to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's "WAP" has gone viral. WireImage; TikTok Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s smash single “WAP” ...