Poolaw teaches both Kiowa Sign Language and his tribe’s spoken language in his classes at the University of Oklahoma, where he is an instructor in the Department of Native American Studies.

Ubiquitous video technology and social media have given deaf people a new way to communicate. They’re using it to transform American Sign Language. Scroll This is how a deaf person in America ...

No way,” the priest continued, shaking his head and wagging his finger, eliciting more laughs from the pews. “So we’re all going to have to stand there in front of God.

Nobody talks, if they can help it, at the Sign Language Center in New York City. The practice is both instructive and courteous, since three classes in American Sign Language — packed to the ...

Earlier this year, Bay Area-based Google put together a competition intended to use artificial intelligence in decode sign language in real time. According to Google, the goal of the competition ...

Using that tech, last week the popular VR app VRchat added finger tracking, a new layer of accessibility allowing users to use sign language inside the app, as seen in videos shared online.

American Sign Language (ASL) has long enabled real-time conversations for English-speaking people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing.But discussions often face significant lags when one or more ...

How American Sign Language is evolving with time NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amanda Morris about how sign language evolves over time, the subject of her recent piece in The New York Times.

He's taking American Sign Language classes on Zoom. "I've had seven lessons now," Metcalf said on Dec. 6. "I think it's great that I get to learn something new." ...

Teaching a child sign language for words like “more,” “all gone,” or “thank you” can make it easier for them to communicate and express emotions. Share on Pinterest Most children begin ...

Although we have to wonder if she understands the significance of that sign. One man on the AITA subreddit is speaking up for his daughter — who quite literally cannot do the same. The Original ...