Scientists develop first sign-language dictionary searchable by gesture. Jan. 12, 2008— -- Bilingual dictionaries are usually a two-way street: you can look up a word in English and find, say, ...

Researchers at UCLA have developed an inexpensive, high-tech glove that can translate sign language into written and spoken words on a smartphone (via Fast Company). The system works in real time and ...

Translating is difficult work, the more so the further two languages are from one another. French to Spanish? Not a problem. Ancient Greek to Esperanto? Considerably harder. But sign language is a ...

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, ...