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Millions of people use sign language, but the methods of teaching this complex and subtle skill haven’t evolved as quickly as those for written and spoken languages. SLAIT School aims to change that ...

UKZN computer engineering graduate Akhil Hansrajh developed an AI system that translates South African Sign Language into spoken words in real time.

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 ...

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 ...

The groundbreaking technology, showcased at Lenovo’s Tech World event, uses computer vision and an original AI engine to interpret Libras, the Brazilian sign language, in real-time. During Lenovo’s ...

The UKZN graduate developed a South African Sign Language to speech translation system as his final-year Computer Engineering project.