Sign-language technology promises to “make your content available to millions” by using artificial intelligence to translate videos or even audio announcements into sign language. Many members of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) community are skeptical, according to a new survey from Northeastern University that polled respondents from around the world. “Access to these ‘technologies’—which are generally not useful and created as vanity projects by hearing dilettantes with no understanding of the deaf community—will make hearing people even less willing to accommodate language needs, thinking (wrongly) ‘there’s an app for that,”’ one survey respondent wrote.
Survey finds skepticism of sign language tech among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community
