Sign Language on Cellphones, Thanks to U of Washington (6 clicks)
September 22 2008
Wireless and Mobile News reports that the University of Washington has developed software that enables people to communcate via American Sign Language. The video is compresse so that there is not a great data load.

Signs of the Times (7 clicks)
September 22 2008
The University of Washington announced Thursday that a group of engineers have developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. This is the first time two-way real-time video communication has been demonstrated over cell phones in the United States.

Sign Language Over Cell Phones? (7 clicks)
September 22 2008
Engineers from University of Washington got the phones working this spring, and recently received a National Science Foundation grant for a 20-person field project that will begin next year in Seattle.

Free Language Course (6 clicks)
September 22 2008
Free Language Course, Free Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Sign Language Course.

MobileASL comes to United States (3 clicks)
September 22 2008
MobileASL is a video compression project at the University of Washington with the goal of making wireless cell phone communication through sign language a reality in the U.S.

Sign language on mobile phones - Can you See me now? (3 clicks)
September 22 2008
A group at the University of Washington (UW) has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. UW engineers got the phones working together this spring, and recently received a grant for a 20-person field project.

Music for Deaf People (4 clicks)
September 22 2008
No official sign language but very understandable.

Translation Services UK - British Sign Language FAQ (4 clicks)
September 22 2008
The following is a selection of the most commonly asked questions in relation to British Sign Language Services.

Baby Speaking:Teach your baby how to speak using sign (3 clicks)
September 22 2008
Great resource for parents of young children including infants, babies, and toddlers. Helps you teach your children basic ASL (American Sign Language) so that they can communicate with you before they learn to speak.

Sign Language Stimulates The Brain (3 clicks)
September 22 2008
I've researched this topic and found that it's true - sign language does help to stimulate the brain. Read all about this in this recent post...

Rescued boat crew had no common language (1 click)
September 22 2008
The international crew of a fishing boat that sank off the south-west coast of Ireland could not speak a common language, accident investigators have said today.Communication was so difficult between the 18 people on board the 36-metre Royalist, which got into problems off An Daingean, Co Kerry, in January that sign language had to be used.

When using gestures, rules of grammar remain the same (2 clicks)
September 22 2008
The grammars of modern languages developed over time and are the result of very distant cultural considerations that are difficult for linguists to study. Newly emerging sign languages, however, offer intriguing corroborating evidence that the subject-object-verb (SOV) order is a fundamental one.

5 universal gestures and symbols for Obama supporters (2 clicks)
September 22 2008
Oh, my. The Obama groupies have come up with their own special sign language to signal their religion to each other. Here is the worshipful new gesture that its creators want to spread across the country. I’ve got five universal gestures and symbols that better reflect the state of the Obama campaign and its supporters:

Chinese Schoolgirls Sign "Vagina" In Sign Language (5 clicks)
September 22 2008
Some chinese schoolgirls sign the word "vagina" in sign language during the 2008 Olympics. This is quite possibly one of the best cases of Engrish I've ever seen...

Cries of Millions Fall On Deaf Ears (2 clicks)
September 22 2008
Situation in Africa --Food Crisis

Ashley Fiolek: 17, deaf, pink hair, and motocross champion (3 clicks)
September 22 2008
In a sport where bumps, berms, jumps and ledges are the norm, Fiolek has proved adroit at overcoming obstacles. Born deaf, she has become the top women’s motocross racer, using a technique that relies on the rhythms of the engine to indicate when to shift gears.

Speaking Without Sound -- Ghose 2008 (915): 2 -- ScienceNOW (2 clicks)
September 22 2008
Children learn to talk by listening to others speak, but what happens when that line of communication is severed? Surprisingly, people who go deaf as adults can chat intelligibly for years afterward. Now, thanks to a robot that tweaks jaw movements, scientists may have figured out why.

How to train a deaf dog | eHow.com (2 clicks)
September 22 2008
A thoroughly detailed article on beginning the basics for training a dog that is deaf. This is the basic BEGINNING steps of using hand signals and the dog's sense of touch to begin the steps of training a deaf dog.

Which Obama will show up for presidential debates? (2 clicks)
September 22 2008
It could be the tone-deaf debater who condescendingly told Hillary Rodham Clinton during a Democratic debate that she was "likable enough."Or perhaps the confident candidate who absorbed a jab from Clinton about using her husband's former advisers and responded with a one-liner of his own: "Hillary, I'm looking forward to you advising me as well."

Please Stop All Illegal Human Research Programs in America! (1 click)
September 22 2008
Mr. President my family has suffered enough. I have now lost a brother as a direct result of forced unethical governmental experimentation.My family has tried to get help for over 30 years now with no satisfaction, as all our cries fell upon deaf ears, from law enforcement agencies to local and federal politicians who all took an oath to protect

DEAF 2008 - Poets of Rhythm, Daedalus, Steinski (2 clicks)
September 22 2008
TRIPLE HEADER GOODNESS! - We are so good to you!One Night only ...an exclusive event courtesy of Choice Cuts...THE POETS OF RHYTHM (DJ Shadow's favourite band)DAEDALUS (Ninja Tine - contender for LP of 2008)SKEINSKI (Inventor of the Remix - 4/5 Rolling Stone Mag)Friday, October 24, 2008 at 8:00pm Andrew's Lane Theatre (ALT

McCain's worst idea yet: A "9/11 Commission" on the economy (3 clicks)
September 22 2008
This is McCain's big idea for solving the current crisis? A commission? Besides, linking the current mess to 9/11 seems tone-deaf on McCain's part: What Republican would willingly link the worst attack on America soil with one of the worst economic disasters of the century, both of which occurred on George W. Bush's watch?

NATURE'S SIGN: Birds offered inspiration to teacher, deaf st (3 clicks)
September 22 2008
I want to read this book when it comes out.

Videos help deaf people connect to pop culture (18 clicks)
September 22 2008
Sean Forbes has been partially deaf since birth. He began signing popular songs to his deaf friends while he was in high school. He's 26 now, and creating professional music videos of pop culture songs. And they are all signed in American Sign Language.

Will Leafs nation heed the Great One? (3 clicks)
September 22 2008
When Wayne Gretzky speaks, people listen. Unfortunately, when the message is patience, in Toronto his words might just fall on deaf ears.

� ASL � American Sign Language (18 clicks)
September 22 2008
Sign Language (ASL), free lesson plans, dictionary and resources. Information on Deaf culture, baby signing, phrases, and vocab like hello, thank you, I love you, etc. by Dr. Bill Vicars.

FDA ignores dangers of food coloring (3 clicks)
September 22 2008
Consumer advocacy groups are working overtime trying to get the FDA to wake up to the dangers of artificial food colorings—especially for children. As usual, the FDA has turned a deaf ear. The consumer advocacy groups claim these additives could cause hyperactivity and behavior problems in some children. As you know, I'm not the biggest

ASL Poetry: American Sign Language as Underground Art (18 clicks)
September 22 2008
Great poets have been revered and heralded for centuries, but Deaf poets, no matter how talented, receive little or no attention.

Robot stimulation- helps deaf learn to speak (2 clicks)
September 22 2008
Anyone who's done a bad Elvis impression knows that contorting your mouth makes talking feel wrong – never mind how ridiculous you sound. People who have lost their hearing use the same sense to retain their speech, new research suggests.

Inspirational Ads - Deaf Violinist for Pantene (2 clicks)
September 22 2008
Every once in awhile, a truly jaw-dropping inspirational commercial captures our attention. P&G;haircare brand Pantene and ad agency Grey Worldwide in Thailand have created a four-minute ad

"Pull Off" , a Poem (2 clicks)
September 22 2008
She won’t listen to me in her drunken slumber even when I’m thoughtful, talkin’ with flower songs in her pretty little ears, deaf to my buzzin’ anguish from losin’ my shovelin’ job, diggin’ dirty sobs,not hearing my singing in wake-up keys that they’ve been mean...

Pet Rescue Examiner: Adoption of Deaf Cat Is Award Winning (1 click)
September 22 2008
Have you ever considered adopting a pet with disabilities? For one family it was an award winning experience.

Running from issues.....Sarah Palin blows off meeting (3 clicks)
September 22 2008
On October 16, 2006, the gubernatorial campaign landed at a forum held by the ARC of Anchorage. A private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting community integration and quality of life for children and adults who experience developmental disabilities, behavioral health issues, or deafness.On October 16, 2006, the gubernatorial campai

Incus - Major Project, Listener and home alert (1 click)
September 22 2008
'incus' is the name of my recently completed major project; a personal listener and home alert for the hard of hearing. The project has been undertaken in collaboration with the Royal National Institute for the Deaf and seeks to the address the problem of social isolation caused by personal listening products, whereby users are cut off from audible

Breakthrough Speech Understanding Offers Hope To The Deaf (2 clicks)
September 22 2008
Scientists on Sunday said intelligible speech is learnt in part through nerve signals from the vocal tract, a discovery that could open up an ambitious avenue of therapy for the deaf.