The GoVoBo smartphone captioning and translation app developed by Gallaudet University and Apptek was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show last week in Las Vegas. The app received International Business Times Best of CES recognition “as the first universal automatic captioning and translation application designed specifically for the deaf and hard of hearing communities.” Both...

Sesame Street, the children’s television show, collaborated with The National Theatre of the Deaf to produce four ASL music videos featuring alumni on both sides of the production team. Performers Amelia Hensley, ‘13, Joey Antonio, 20 & G-’21, and Phelan Conheady brought their energy to the screen, performing alongside videos from the Sesame Street cast,...

Dr. Poorna Kushalnagar, Special Assistant to the Provost for Research and Director of the Center for Deaf Health Equity, co-authored an article, “Coproduction, Coeducation, and Patient Involvement: Everyone Included Framework for Medical Education Across Age Groups and Cultures” in the Journal of  Medical Internet Research. Her co-authors include the Executive Director of Stanford Medicine. Together,...

The Black ASL research team received the Linguistics, Language, and the Public award during the Linguistic Society of America annual meeting last week. According to the LSA website, this award honors an individual or group for work that effectively increases public awareness and understanding of linguistics and language. In its announcement, LSA said that “The...