Sign Language at Your Fingertips, Anytime, Anywhere
From: University of Bristol News - 03/06/2007

Mobile phone users will be able to access sign language signs and communicate
with deaf people by using a new sign language dictionary that has been
developed by the University of Bristol's Center for Deaf Studies. The first
of its kind, Mobilesign.org features more than 5,000 British Sign Language
signs, and an interface that simply requires the user to type in the word
they want to translate or choose from a list of words that are presented in
alphabetical order. The video dictionary is a free service. "The need was for
a very simple interface to allow easy access and to compress the video files
so they would play well on mobile displays and at the same time be small
enough to download with virtually no cost," says Chris John, technical
director at the Center. Mobile Sign will work with a mobile, on any network,
that has a video player, or a 3G phone. "Apart from the obvious use to access
signs when you need to meet a deaf person, it will be of great value to
students of sign language and to parents - who just need that sign at any
time," adds Linda Day, a sign language lecturer at the Center. The staff
plans to provide greater support for interaction by building a phrasebook. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2007/5327.html
http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2007/03/sign_language_a.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-03/uob-sla030707.php

Links:
Mobilesign.org
http://www.mobilesign.org/

Sign Language On Your Cellphone
http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2007/02/sign_language_o.html

Sign language cell phone service created
http://www.physorg.com/news92418345.html
http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/story-92418345.html