More than 70 million deaf or hard-of-hearing people globally use sign language, but there's an acute shortage of interpreters. Silence Speaks is a British startup that wants to bridge that gap with an ...

In-person interactions break down barriers in east London, as AI startups also try to bridge communication divide Wesley Hartwell raised his fists to the barista and shook them next to his ears. He ...

When people are communicating in sign languages, they also move their mouths. But scientists have debated whether mouth movements resembling spoken language are part of the sign itself or are ...

The world’s leading humanoid robot, ASIMO, has recently learnt sign language. The news of this breakthrough came just as I completed Level 1 of British Sign Language (I dare say it took me longer to ...

Rebecca Hegedűs (second left) worked with a team of eight people across the world to develop the new signs A new set of sign language gestures covering animals that live in the seas around the UK has ...

A new set of sign language gestures covering animals that live in the seas around the UK has been created to make marine science more accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Rebecca Hegedűs is ...