Greater Latrobe grad born to 2 deaf parents finds passion as sign language interpreter amid shortage

Greater Latrobe graduate Daisy Wishard began picking up American Sign Language when she was 9 months old — before she learned ...

If AI can translate instantly, why learn another language?

From live speech translation in video calls to auto-dubbing on TikTok, the technology to dissolve language barriers has ...
IEEE Spectrum on MSN

AI rings on fingers can interpret sign language

The wireless devices may also have VR and AR applications ...
USA Today

Disney brings American Sign Language to iconic songs

Songs sung by iconic Disney characters will be re-released in American Sign Language in Disney Animation’s "Songs in Sign Language." The musical sequences will debut on Disney+ to celebrate National ...
Disability Scoop

Disney Reimagines Animated Hits In Sign Language

Disney is releasing new versions of musical sequences from “Frozen 2,” “Encanto” and “Moana 2” in an effort to better connect with the disability community. The sequences from some of Disney’s most ...
Cartoon Brew

First Look At Disney’s ASL Re-Animated Songs From ‘Encanto,’ ‘Frozen 2,’ ‘Moana 2’

In the short-form development ecosystem at Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), it’s heartening to see an abundance of fresh ideas and experimentation. Aside from its ongoing Short Circuit program, ...
BroadwayWorld

Video: First Look at Disney Animation’s SONGS IN SIGN LANGUAGE

Ahead of its debut on April 27, Disney has shared a first look at footage from Songs in Sign Language, its collaboration with the Deaf West Theatre that reimagined and animated songs from Frozen 2, ...
CBS News

A New Hampshire school learned sign language to communicate with its only deaf student

Steve Hartman is a CBS News correspondent. He brings viewers moving stories from the unique people he meets in his weekly award-winning feature segment "On the Road." Campton, New Hampshire — ...
The Conversation

The deaf blacksmith who married in 1576 – and the history of sign as a legal language

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man placing a ring on a woman’s finger. British Library Royal MS 6 E VI, fol. 104/Wiki Commons In February, Leicester Cathedral hosted a British Sign Language ...
Sports Illustrated

Elana Meyers Taylor Using Sign Language to Tell Her Son She Won Was Such a Sweet Moment

Elana Meyers Taylor, the most decorated female bobsledder in the sport's history, came into the Milan Cortina Games still chasing the ultimate prize. Despite a long list of Olympic success, the ...
Variety

Bad Bunny’s Sign Language Interpreter on the Halftime Show and Making Puerto Rico Proud: ‘We’re a Small Island, but We Fight Very Hard’

On Sunday night, many Puerto Ricans in the territory’s Deaf community gathered at the Eco’s Sports Park in San Juan. The friends, family members and interpreters were tuning into Super Bowl LX, just ...
The New York Times

Bad Bunny’s Sign Language Interpreter Will Make Super Bowl History, Too

Puerto Rican Sign Language is not the same as American Sign Language. Celimar Rivera Cosme will uniquely capture the rapper’s slang for the game’s deaf viewers. By Emmanuel Morgan Reporting from San ...