MANSFIELD — An intern who won a national award for creating a sign language pocket guide for the town police department says she hopes to get other police agencies to use the booklet. Catherine ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

MANSFIELD — A police intern who trained local officers and civilian employees in American Sign Language and produced a pocket guide for the department has won a national award for her work. Catherine ...

A study is the first-of-its-kind to recognize American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet gestures using computer vision. Researchers developed a custom dataset of 29,820 static images of ASL hand gestures.

First finished Scripture for deaf people prompts attention to global need. The completion of the first sign language Bible translated from the original languages prompted cheers and celebrations in ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. Last month, I contributed an op-ed piece to MIT Technology Review wherein ...

She collaborated with two professors at Gallaudet University on the first ASL dictionary, laying the groundwork for a flourishing in Deaf identity over the last 50 years. By Clay Risen Dorothy ...