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Who Gave AI Sign Language Approval?
Deaf people spent centuries building language, education, careers, and equal communication. AI companies should not be allowed to reduce that to a one-way system and call it progress. This is the question I keep returning to: who gave AI sign language approval? That question matters because AI sign language is not just a technical experiment. It touches language, identity, culture, education, employment, and human dignity. It affects Deaf children and adults whose lives have
Tim Scannell
Mar 225 min read


AI Can Follow a Speaker. Human Interpreters Follow the Discussion.
Artificial intelligence is developing fast, but live interpreting shows exactly where its limits still are. For prepared speeches, AI-generated sign language can look impressive. It performs best when the language is structured, the content is predictable, and the system operates on clean input. But conferences are rarely that simple. Live panels are unpredictable. Speakers interrupt each other. They react in the moment. They change direction. They overlap. They leave thought
Tim Scannell
Mar 171 min read


Spotted at Crufts: One Missing Letter, Completely Different Meaning
Six days ago, my post reached 28,000 expressions — thank you. I am now sharing it on my Wix blog. The post said: Spotted at Crufts. A useful reminder that software only outputs what it is given.The printing company probably printed exactly what was in the file. In the same way, AI and other software tools can reproduce errors perfectly unless a human stops and checks. One missing letter. Completely different meaning. Proofreading still matters. Alt text: A photo of a large e
Tim Scannell
Mar 132 min read
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