Software enables users to personalise sign language
Technology that translates sign language into text is being developed by scientists at Aberdeen University.
The software application is claimed to be the first of its kind in the world that can be used on portable devices and allows users to customise sign language to their own specific needs.
According to a statement, the technology has the potential to transform how sign-language users — from the profoundly deaf to those who have lost hearing in later life — communicate.
Computing scientists at Technabling, a spin-out company of Aberdeen University, are behind the technology, which aims to bridge the gap between sign language and more standard forms of communication.
One of its main focuses is to help young deaf people gain employment opportunities.
Dr Ernesto Compatangelo, a lecturer in computing science at the Aberdeen University and founder and director of Technabling, said: ‘The aim of the technology — known as the Portable Sign Language Translator [PSLT] — is to empower sign-language users by enabling them to overcome the communication challenges they can experience, through portable technology.
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