AI and machine learning already power two main pathways: 1️⃣ Sign Language Recognition – translating signs into text or speech. 2️⃣ Sign Language Generation – producing signs or animations from text or speech. But there’s a third direction emerging — and it could change everything. 🤖 Sign ↔ Gloss ↔ Sign Imagine this: A Deaf user walks up to a McDonald’s kiosk or activates Siri. They sign “COFFEE.”The screen instantly shows “COFFEE ✅” , with related options like “TEA” or “

Recently, I’ve seen growing interest in tools like Sign-Speak and SignGemma — both exploring how AI can better understand sign language, not just display it. 🧠 Sign-Speak focuses on real-time sign-to-text and sign-to-voice translation, giving Deaf users and interpreters more direct ways to communicate.🤖 SignGemma , from Google DeepMind, explores sign language recognition using large-scale AI models. Out there, we already see many providers creating audio-to-text , tex

We are  Deaf sports fans  who pay full subscription prices for  @DiscoveryPlusUK ,  @TNTSports , and  @AmazonUK  — yet for over a year,  live football and rugby have been broadcast without subtitles or audio description. 📅  Saturday 1st November 2025  –  live rugby and football on TNT Sports (via Discovery+ / Amazon Prime Video) 📅  Saturday 8th November 2025  –  Spurs v Manchester United on TNT Sports 1 👉 Both broadcasts had  no subtitles and no audio description .🎥 I’ve

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BSL is not for sale. This Deaf-led report advocates for ethical AI procurement that prioritises the protection of British Sign Language,...

As a Deaf BSL user who wears a bodycam, I’ve thought a lot about how technology could better capture sign language communication for...