Africa's media sign language interpreters have raised concerns over low payment, inadequate training, and the absence of interpretation services in important programs meant to cater to the deaf ...

A Kenyan entrepreneur who designed an app that translates speech into sign language using AI-powered 3D avatars has won a major award for African innovation. “Think of it as Google Translate for sign ...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Bongumusa Manana, a 19-year-old deaf student who studies in a township in Johannesburg, sees South Africa's move to recognise sign as an official language as a huge ...

The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has significantly advanced natural language processing for spoken languages; however, sign languages, particularly those in Africa, ...

The hybrid event will take place at the CSIR International Convention Centre (ICC) in Pretoria, with virtual participation available via Zoom. Bringing together the SASL-using community, researchers, ...

AI models can’t understand African languages. Lelapa AI is trying to change that. Inside a co-working space in the Rosebank neighborhood of Johannesburg, Jade Abbott popped open a tab on her computer ...

30 Sep 2024 (South African Government News Agency) There's an old adage that states that the pen is mightier than the sword and the passage of time is proving this to be true. President Cyril ...