Deaf in a hearing world, Elias Goutoufas grew up in silence. When his teachers delivered lectures, they often turned away from him, still speaking as they wrote an equation on the board or walked the ...

Laura Gardner still remembers how amazing it felt the first time she had a real conversation with her older daughter when she was a tiny toddler just learning to speak. Gardner, of West Bridgewater, ...

We've already heard about gloves and cameras that could be used to translate hand gestures (such as American Sign Language) into text or spoken words. What might be simpler, though, is a system ...

Afterwork phone calls or Zoom hangouts with family and friends -- or even your therapist -- have become a crucial part of how we stay connected and sane during the Covid-19 pandemic. But for 30 ...

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.

Sign language serves as a sophisticated means of communication vital to individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, relying on hand movements, facial expressions, and body language to convey nuanced ...