I once asked a teacher how to sign the word “desperate.” ASL doesn’t have a direct translation of every English word, he told me.

THE STUDY examined the role of sign language and fingerspelling in the development of the reading and writing skills of deaf children and youth. Twenty-six deaf participants (13 children, 13 ...

Ubiquitous video technology and social media have given deaf people a new way to communicate. They’re using it to transform American Sign Language.

Skyer is deaf and uses American Sign Language to teach in a bilingual ASL-English environment, in which a teacher typically signs in ASL and also shares content in written English.

Sign Language Translating Devices Are Cool. But Are They Useful? Michigan State University researchers are developing a small tool, with a motion capture system, that translates ASL into English ...

UCLA bioengineers have designed a glove-like device that can translate American Sign Language into English speech in real time though a smartphone app. Their research is published in the journal ...