Big Ocean, a boy band whose members are deaf or hard of hearing, has found success with a mix of singing and signing.

Harry Reid International Airport now offers free ASL interpretation through the Aira ASL app, helping hearing impaired travelers navigate check-in, security and terminals.

At its I/O 2025 conference, Google announced SignGemma, a new AI model designed to translate sign language into spoken text in real time. Built for on-device use, SignGemma is part of Google’s ...

New technology from British startup Silence Speaks enables an AI-generated sign language avatar to effectively give the deaf and hard of hearing an interpreter in their pocket.

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 ...

A research team improved the AI recognition accuracy of word-level sign language recognition by adding data such as the signer's hand and facial expressions, as well as skeletal information on the ...

When we think about breaking down communication barriers, we often focus on language translation apps or voice assistants. But for millions who use sign language, these tools have not quite bridged ...

The study employed a two-step methodology using YOLOv8 and MediaPipe for real-time recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet gestures. Initially, YOLOv8 was used to detect and localize hand ...