When Shawn Vriezen interpreted the national anthem for the Minnesota Wild Stadium Series hockey game against the Chicago Blackhawks last February, his hands shown in stark contrast against his black ...

Here's what a tech writer uncovered while testing top translation apps on a recent trip to Europe and Asia. Google Translate provides translations for 249 languages with the option for audio ...

According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there are around 70 million people worldwide whose first language is some kind of sign language. In the US, ASL (American Sign Language) speakers number ...

Yes—but with nuances. Shohei Ohtani is able to speak some English and has shown comprehension in team settings and informal interactions. However, when it comes to formal interviews, press conferences ...

Telecom giant SoftBank Corp. is working with the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo to fine-tune an app called SureTalk that converts sign language gestures into text. When a person uses ...

One hesitation I hear time and time again when I talk to people about traveling is, “But I don’t speak the language.” To be sure, a language barrier can be a bit of a problem when traveling, and not ...