Bridging communication gaps between hearing and hearing-impaired individuals is an important challenge in assistive ...

Think that assistive technology for the deaf and hard of hearing community is all about your run-of-the-mill hearing aids here in 2018? Think again! From signing robot arms to mind-reading hearing ...

Voice-based dictation tools may be old news from in terms of technology, but not everyone is able to fully take advantage of them. For deaf people who use signing as their primary means of ...

Two undergraduate students from the University of Washington have created a glove that could make a huge different in how people who use sign language communicate with people who don't understand sign ...

Translating is difficult work, the more so the further two languages are from one another. French to Spanish? Not a problem. Ancient Greek to Esperanto? Considerably harder. But sign language is a ...

Millions of people use sign language, but the methods of teaching this complex and subtle skill haven't evolved as quickly as those for written and spoken languages. SLAIT School aims to change that ...

It may not be speedy, but it works. A gloved hand forms letters in sign language, and like magic, the motions are translated to text. "U-C-S-D," the hand slowly spells out in text, referring to the ...

Since beginning in 2003, the Microsoft Imagine Cup has tasked students the world over with developing technology aimed at solving real-world problems. In this, its 10th year, students were asked to ...

Two years ago, when Hong Kong became embroiled in a debate over an anti-extradition bill that spiraled into a massive protest movement, one population was left out of the discussion: the deaf ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- If you've watched the daily wildfire updates given by the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, you've probably seen the sign language interpreters who really put their heart and ...