Tech Xplore - sign languages

Gallaudet has a history of technological innovation with wide applications. The latest is a helmet

Shelby Bean could not help but feel a bit jealous.

Oct 31, 2023

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AT&T and Gallaudet University unveil a football helmet for deaf and hard of hearing quarterbacks

AT&T and Gallaudet University have developed a football helmet for players who are deaf or hard of hearing and communicate using American Sign Language.

Oct 5, 2023

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Researchers develop AI tool to improve accessibility to technology for people who rely on sign language

Researchers at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center—Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) have developed a tool for research into automatic sign language translation ...

May 24, 2023

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The first application capable of recognizing and interpreting the Spanish sign language alphabet

The University of Alicante (UA) Robotics and Three-Dimensional Vision Group (RoViT) has designed the first application capable of recognizing and interpreting the Spanish sign language alphabet (known by the acronym LSE) ...

Feb 16, 2023

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Spray-on smart skin uses AI to rapidly understand hand tasks

A new smart skin developed at Stanford University might foretell a day when people type on invisible keyboards, identify objects by touch alone, or allow users to communicate by hand gestures with apps in immersive environments.

Dec 28, 2022

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New energy harvesters show potential that fits like a glove

A group of University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their colleagues have made significant improvements to energy-harvesting yarns they invented called twistrons, which are made from carbon nanotubes and produce electricity ...

Sep 8, 2022

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Google's powerful AI spotlights a human cognitive glitch: Mistaking fluent speech for fluent thought

When you read a sentence like "This is my story...," your past experience tells you that it's written by a thinking, feeling human. And, in this case, there is indeed a human typing these words: [Hi, there!] But these days, ...

Jun 28, 2022

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Players with disabilities score in video game world

Carlos Vasquez is a master of video fighting game "Mortal Kombat" despite being unable to see the action on screen because he is blind.

Apr 4, 2022

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Modified headphones translate sign language via Doppler

A University at Buffalo-led research team has modified noise-canceling headphones, enabling the common electronic device to "see" and translate American Sign Language (ASL) when paired with a smartphone.

Sep 8, 2021

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Student researcher urges natural language processing research focus on signed languages

Advancements in natural language processing (NLP) enable computers to understand what humans say and help people communicate through tools like machine translation, voice-controlled assistants and chatbots.

Aug 9, 2021

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