Handwriting will never be the same again. A new glove developed at the University of California, San Diego, can convert the 26 letters of American Sign Language (ASL) into text on a smartphone or ...

My InsiderWith new mobile keyboard app Signily, American Sign Language speakers no longer have to worry about their messages being lost in translation.

Now, researchers in China are using Microsoft's Kinect for Windows SDK to actively translate sign language into written text.

Sign language is the easiest way for many deaf people to communicate, but it has been difficult for computers to readily understand this complex form of communication until recently.