Deaf American Learns Japanese Sign Language

Deaf American who uses ASL learns Japanese Sign Language.

A Deaf activist and Youtuber, Rikki Poynter, a Deaf American who uses American Sign Language (ASL) learns Japanese Sign Language (JSL), she would like to sharing and educating Deaf and Hearing people about Deaf Japanese culture.

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Giving someone 'middle finger' in Japanese Sign Language doesn't mean what you think it does. The seemingly rude gesture is just a normal word when you put it into context but can you guess what it means? It might seem like a rude gesture to us but giving someone 'the finger' simply means 'brother' when you put it into the context of Japanese Sign Language.

However, while the middle finger might not actually mean something as crude as it does in American or English culture, many Japanese people are now more than aware of the double meaning after the gesture has emerged in films.

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SignAloud Glove Translates ASL Into English

The University of Washington students built a glove that translates American Sign Language into English.

SEATTLE, Washington -- Fast Company: A pair of undergraduates at the University of Washington made a glove that translates gestures in American Sign Language (ASL) into English and speaks it via speakers. The SignAloud glove won them a $10,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize and international attention. Now they're figuring out how to refine their gadget for social good...and make sure they pass their college exams.

The SignAloud glove captures ASL gestures with sensors that measure everything from XYZ coordinates to the way individual fingers flex or bend. That sensor data is sent via Bluetooth to a nearby computer and fed into coding algorithms that categorize the gestures, which are translated into English and then audibly spoken via speaker. But co-creator Navid Azodi emphasizes that SignAloud is still very much in a prototype phase.

"Keep in mind, we have by no means captured the entire language and we’re nowhere near that. [ASL] is more than just words and phrases, and we know that. It has complex grammar structures. What we eventually want to get is for SignAloud to categorize a majority of the language," says Azodi.

The two creators, Azodi and fellow sophomore Thomas Pryor, planned and built SignAloud in their dorms and the school’s CoMotion MakerSpace. After a rough first version built on cardboard and string, they put together the current working prototype for about a hundred bucks in parts.

"Many of the sign language translation devices already out there are not practical for everyday use. Some use video input, while others have sensors that cover the user’s entire arm or body," says Pryor in a UW press release.

Innovating past existing limitations is what earned the team the $10,000 award, which Azodi isn’t sure how they will spend. The money could help pay their tuition or perhaps even get them a nice dinner, Azodi jokes, but refining their gadget is top priority. Both are motivated by SignAloud’s possibilities, both as an input device and an empowerment tool... Read The Full Story.

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Hand Gestures That Can Get You Killed Overseas

10 innocent gestures that can get you killed overseas.

Many Deaf and Hard of Hearing people in sign language and/or hand gestures are innocent in the United States and Canada, but those same hand gestures in different cultures could land you in a whole handful of trouble.

The video shows many innocent Deaf and Hard of Hearing hand signs that can lead to trouble in other parts of the world as the Deaf travelers are often concerned about language barriers in foreign countries, but often don't consider body language. Watch this video, be aware before traveling other countries.

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Deaf Man Becomes Incredible Finger 'Dancer'

WATCH: Deaf Russian dancer Andrei Dragunov translates his sign language skills into some impressive finger tutting.

You would think this dancer may have difficulties in his profession given that he is Deaf - but he is letting his fingers do the dancing.

Russian mover Andrei Dragunov, 24, has perfected the art of “finger tutting”, which involves the movement of fingers to create shapes in a unique form of dance, having started when he was 15.

This visually stunning and impressive form of dance can be seen as an innovative way for Andrei, from St Petersburg, to get around his hearing problems. He said: “My hands do not rest; I am always working to come up with something new.

This Deaf Russian dancer doesn’t need to hear music to create incredible body movements. Just check out his finger tutting skills. Surely being fluent in sign language would help develop this skill! Глухой танцор Андрей Драгунов.

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This Is Not 'F**k You' In Japanese Sign Language

Giving someone 'the finger' in Japanese Sign Language doesn't mean what you think it does.

The seemingly rude gesture is just a normal word when you put it into context but can you guess what it means? It might seem like a rude gesture to us but giving someone 'the finger' simply means 'brother' when you put it into the context of Japanese Sign Language.

Sticking up one middle finger is translated as 'ani' or 兄 which means 'older brother'.

Alternating two middle fingers in the air can be translated as 'kyoudai' or 兄弟 which simply means 'siblings'.

And while the Western world might attach a very different meaning to this gesture, it has never been known as a profanity in Japan. Japanese children are taught to attach names to all the fingers, according to Kotaku.com.

For example, the thumb is the 'father finger', the index finger is the 'mother finger', the middle finger is the brother finger', the ring finger is the 'sister finger' and the little finger is the 'baby finger'.

However, while the middle finger might not actually mean something as crude as it does in American or English culture, many Japanese people are now more than aware of the double meaning after the gesture has emerged in films.

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Happy New Year In Different Sign Languages

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A Deaf woman, Dayo from Japan. She have been living in United States of America for 16 years. She love to share her experiences and cultures and also teach the Japanese Sign Language (JSL) with everyone, which she learned American Sign Language at Gallaudet. It is fun to discover how different between sign of the countries and her goal is to learn international sign language to connect people from around the world.

Watch the video how to learn "Happy New Year" in different sign languages around the world. Share with your family and friends.

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Learn Italian Hand Gestures

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Learn how to “speak” Italian through your hands with Swide’s digest of Italian hand gestures acted out by male models.

Italians use body language and hand gestures to punctuate an expression and give it a shading that the word or phrase itself lacks. The Italian hand gestures is distinct from sign language which some of the more common gestures that are recognized in the country.

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Microsoft's Kinect Turns Sign Language Translator

Microsoft uses Kinect to interpret sign language, should the team's efforts reach commercialization, it could have a big effect on the world's Deaf population.

Microsoft’s Kinect technology, already adept at reading hand and body movements, is incorporating sign language into its motion-sensing vocabulary as part of a new research project meant to help the Deaf. Developers at Microsoft Research have been using the Xbox 360 gaming peripheral to read sign language from Deaf users, and translate it into spoken text.

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On Wednesday, they showed off some of the results. “Thanks Microsoft for turning my dream into a reality,” gestured Yin Dandan, a Deaf student, who demonstrated the Kinect translator.

The technology can not only turn sign language into words spoken by a computer, but also do the reverse. A non-Deaf user can speak or type words into the Kinect translator. The system will then motion the words in sign language using a virtual avatar shown on a display.

Microsoft Research demonstrated the technology as it celebrated the 15th year of its Asia division. language translation has been among one of its focuses and already researchers there have developed software that can artificially replicate a person’s voice, and have it speak other languages, including Chinese.

At the same time, the company has been promoting the use of Kinect among software developers in China, said Wu Guobin, a Microsoft Research program manager. The gadget has proven to be an ideal motion-sensing device for the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which has long been researching sign language recognition technology... Read The Full Story.

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