We are researching technology for generating sign-language computer graphics (CG) by inputting Japanese sentences and having a CG character reproduce those sentences in sign language. Here, we exhibit ...

A student paramedic who helped organise basic sign language training for hundreds of future NHS workers has said it is ...

Advocates for education on sign language are making sure children of all abilities are set up for success in the classroom.

The language allowed deaf, gay people to communicate discreetly. During the Aids epidemic, it became even more important in the midst of stigma and misinformation. Mary, who by then was a nurse, said ...

Interpreter Ryoko Hamano, right, uses sign language to convey a doctor's message to a patient. (Photo courtesy of Sapporo City General Hospital) TOKYO -- People with hearing disabilities in Japan are ...