A friendly animation figure in a dishdasha pops up on a web page and translates text into sign language for the hearing impaired. This software to help the deaf community better understand online content could soon be popular in the UAE. A Jordanian company has developed a programme being used on travel, telecommunication, restaurant, beauty, furniture and health care websites to guide the deaf and hard of hearing in real time. “This helps a deaf person access websites in sign language for the first time
Source: Virtual interpreter translates web content into sign language ‘for the first time’ – The National