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'My Valentine' Video Sign Language Bloopers

Published On - April 18, 2012

Gemma Brackenbury Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: American Sign Language, British Sign Language

“My Valentine” Video Sign Language Bloopers

For the video to his latest single, “My Valentine,” Paul McCartney wanted to reach out to the deaf community. So, instead of starring in the video himself, he decide to leave the visuals to two talented (and attractive) Hollywood stars you might have heard of: Johnny Depp and...

Published On - March 15, 2012

Surinder Singh Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: British Sign Language, BSL

BSL Translation in Your Hand

Machine translation has proven a difficult nut to crack, even for written and spoken languages. That’s even more true for sign languages, though we’ve written about some previous innovations in the field like the Fingual translation glove. However, that may be about to change. Researcher...

Published On - June 14, 2011

Surinder Singh Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: Deaf, Sign Language

Automatic Sign Language

We’ve all seen TV shows and movies make use of subtitles for the hearing impaired. However, for many deaf people, it takes more effort to decode the English words used in the subtitles than it would to understand the material if it were presented in their native tongue: sign language. In an at...

British Sign Language Videos for Children

Published On - October 20, 2010

Alison Kroulek Inside Track, Sign LanguageTags: British Sign Language

British Sign Language Videos for Children

Behind the scenes of British Sign Language videos making process for children with hearing and learning difficulties....

Published On - September 10, 2010

Mary Ravenna Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: British Sign Language, BSL

British Sign Language

K International produce all kinds of great projects that help our clients to communicate. The latest was a British Sign Language video we made on behalf of the Greater London Authority. This post shows a 2 minute sample of the video which was filmed in front of a green screen in our studio....

Published On - August 12, 2010

Agnieszka Animucka Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: Deaf

Plains Indian Sign Language Conference

Plains Indian tribes will gather at the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana to create a record of a language that is rapidly going extinct: Plains Indian Sign Language....

Published On - July 3, 2010

Gemma Brackenbury Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: American Sign Language

Sign Language In Space

American Sign Language (ASL) is the fourth most commonly used language in the US. However, until last week, it had never been used on the International Space Station. That changed when US astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson gave a video address aimed at schoolchildren in ASL last week....

Published On - June 23, 2010

Cecilia M'Bengue Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: Interpreting

Disneyland Provides More Sign Language Interpreters

Disneyland just announced two new services to accommodate disabled guests. First, the park will now offer sign language interpreters at many of its top shows and attractions on a regular basis....

Cornell Develops Sign-Language Mobile Phones

Published On - December 7, 2009

Gemma Brackenbury Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: Deaf, Sign Language

Cornell Develops Sign-Language Mobile Phones

These days, almost everyone has a mobile phone. But what about people who are deaf or hearing-impaired? Until now, deaf people have been able to able to use cell phones in a limited fashion, for texting only. Texting is a valuable communication option, and providers like T-Mobile have long offered �...

GPs Urged to Use More Sign Language Services

Published On - May 7, 2009

Richard Brooks Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: BSL, Deaf, Sign Language

GPs Urged to Use More Sign Language Services

Concerns were raised about the lack of sign language services provided by doctor’s surgeries in the UK at the Deaf Day 2009 event in London on the 4th April. People attending the event signed a petition which demands that surgeries use online software called Sign Translate....