Mohamed Baghdady leans to the microphone and says the word "one." A lone mechanical finger on the table responds with a curl, then rises upright. At another table in The Citadel engineering lab, a ...

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 ...

Over the years, we've seen a number of experimental "smart" gloves that convert their deaf wearer's hand gestures into text and/or audible speech. The aptly named Sign Language Translation Glove, ...

In a visual language, a subtle hand movement can help you get the joke. By Sam Corbin Nobody talks, if they can help it, at the Sign Language Center in New York City. The practice is both instructive ...

Over the past several decades, researchers have regularly developed devices meant to translate American Sign Language (ASL) to English, with the hopes of easing communication between people who are ...