These were the questions that inspired software developer Abhishek Singh to create a mod that lets Amazon’s Alexa assistant understand some simple sign language commands. In a video, Singh ...

Singh’s app isn’t the first to leverage computer vision to translate sign language to text. In 2013, scientists at Microsoft Research Asia used the Kinect, a motion-sensing Xbox peripheral, to ...

Electronics amazon alexa Amazon Echo mod teaches Alexa to understand sign language Making voice assistants accessible to the deaf community By Shawn Knight July 24, 2018, 4:44 PM ...