If you’re interested in learning sign language, apps are an excellent way to start. They’re a convenient and affordable alternative to classes. Plus, you can use them anywhere at any time, whether you ...

Learning fingerspelling can be a good place to start with American Sign Language, and can be useful to study even if you aren't hearing-impaired. Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's ...

ASL Now, powered by Connect Direct, has launched its new ASL Now app today, the first-of-its-kind, free mobile app that connects American Sign Language (ASL) users with trained customer service agents ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Monroe County Executive Adam Bello announced Thursday the launch of a new pilot program at the Rochester International Airport that provides accessibility for the deaf and ...

An enhanced version of the ASL Video Dictionary and Inflection Guide, created by Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, now is available for iPhones and Android ...

I always wondered what it’d be like to have an app that could translate American Sign Language in real time. Our initial idea was a hardware hack that used eye tracking via computer vision to find out ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

For someone who is deaf, communicating with a clerk at a retail store or non-ASL-speaking friend over dinner often involves laboriously writing notes. An app called Jeenie offers an alternative: Push ...

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Two Houston County High School students are making waves in the tech world with an app that translates American Sign Language (ASL) into English in real time. Michael Do and Hieu ...

The Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) has expanded access to its free American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting services to the Colorado state Capitol building through a pilot ...