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 ...

NHK has launched a webpage that displays sign language using computer graphics (CGs). The intention is to give those who use sign language in daily life a chance to evaluate the quality and ease of ...

Adam Munder is a software engineer. Since 2015, he's been working to bridge the gap between sign language and spoken word. Now, a decade later, he brought it to the TED stage.

New device translates sign language into spoken words. The Red Dot 2013 design award went to Asia University contestants who designed the Sign Language Ring, a set of rings and a bracelet that detects ...

KUALA LUMPUR: With more than four decades of dedication as a sign language interpreter, Tan Lee Bee is the face seen by millions of Malaysians watching the news programmes on television. Often seen at ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holds up a frame with the new era name, Reiwa, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on April 1, 2019. (Mainichi/Masahiro Kawata) TOKYO -- At an ...

Sign language interpreter Tan Lee Bee receives award from King for her service over four decades KUALA LUMPUR: With more than four decades of dedication as a sign language interpreter, Tan Lee Bee was ...