Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at ...

Snap isn't done teaching Snapchat users how to communicate using sign language. The social media service has introduced an ASL Alphabet Lens that, as the name implies, significantly expands the ...

American Sign Language Day is April 15, and the hashtag #ASL has gained billions of views on social media since 2023. What's spiked viewers' interest? The work of ASL interpreters has gone viral and ...

Researchers at UC San Diego developed a smart glove that can translate the American Sign Language alphabet as the wearer's fingers move, all for less than $100. For a fraction of the cost of a new ...

Unless you're hard of hearing, or have hearing-impaired friends or relatives, you probably won't understand sign language, which is frustrating for those who rely on it to communicate. Now engineers ...

International Day of Sign Languages is celebrated every year on September 23. It honours the importance of sign languages in protecting the rights of deaf people. The day was first recognised by the ...

Jenny was taught to sign as a baby, but she only learned the basic stuff — enough to get by. The Californian, who was born with auditory processing disorder and a right eardrum that doesn’t vibrate in ...

Throughout the past decade, sign language interpretation has infiltrated hip-hop in a major way. Talented masters of American Sign Language have transformed their abilities to interpret rappers' ...