Targeted Video Compression Brings Cell Phones to Sign Language Users
Technology Most people use the video camera on their phone for bootlegging concert footage or recording drunken antics. But for the deaf, to whom cellphones' audio capability is moot,… Most people use...
View ArticleVideo: Kinect Learns to Understand Sign Language
DIY A group of French Kinect hackers/developers (when you have the blessing of the company, is it really hacking?) proved that the Kinect is capable of understanding much more… A group of French...
View ArticleVideo: An Automatic Text-To-Sign-Language Translation System
Technology Japanese researchers at NHK Science & Technology Research laboratories are developing an animated sign language translation system that automatically converts strings of… Japanese...
View ArticleVideo Device Reads American Sign Language and Translates It Into Audible English
Technology Sign language can greatly improve the communication capability of hearing-impaired people, but there’s still a major barrier in that most people don’t understand it. New… Sign language can...
View ArticleImagine Cup 2012: Gloves That Translate Sign Language Into Spoken Language
DIY The project that ended up winning the software design category of the Microsoft Imagine Cup worldwide finals in Sydney, Australia, and, consequently, the honor of taking home… The project that...
View ArticleKoko The Gorilla Gets Two Kittens For Her 44th Birthday
Animals Nothing's cuter than feline companions for an ape Koko, the gorilla famous for her sign language skills, turned 44 this year, and got (at least in this author's opinion) the greatest possible...
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