‘Frozen’ animator launches an interactive ASL learning app and vows to keep it free forever

Learning ASL is an amazing way to break down barriers between people. A Disney animator just made a free, beautiful, fun ASL ...
CNET

Why Subtitles Aren’t Enough: The Growing Demand for ASL in Entertainment

When the Barbie movie was released in the summer of 2023, it generated endless social media buzz and sparked a cultural phenomenon. But some viewers couldn’t fully share in the experience. While movie ...
nytimes.com

Inside NHL in ASL’s partnership with Blues, Jake Neighbours for groundbreaking local broadcast

Jeff Mansfield and Jason Altmann are featured in the NHL in ASL broadcast. Courtesy of the NHL in ASL Hockey is one of the most popular sports in the world, in part because of its distinctive sounds: ...
The Boston Globe

A robotic hand ‘talks’ to deaf and blind people. Here’s how it works.

Elaine Ducharme can’t see or hear. But she can read the news or listen to a friend by grasping a robot’s hand. Ducharme uses a product called Tatum1, a disembodied mechanical hand plugged upright into ...