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Africa's sign language interpreters push for recognition, fair payment

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 ...
Reuters

South Africa's recognition of sign language signals new hope for the deaf

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 Conversation

Justice Maya’s support for African languages in South Africa’s courts is a positive sign

South Africa’s new Chief Justice, Justice Mandisa Maya, has put the spotlight on indigenous languages and the justice system. The other official languages are Afrikaans, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, Sesotho, ...
Nature

A large scale multimodal dataset for healthcare domain Ghanaian sign language translation and retrieval based synthesis

The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has significantly advanced natural language processing for spoken languages; however, sign languages, particularly those in Africa, ...
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Sign Language interpreters bring deaf audiences into the national conversation

As South Africa marks International Sign Language Day on September 23, two Sign Language interpreters are being recognised for their vital role in ensuring deaf audiences are included in national news ...