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It’s not only humans that can learn from watching television. Software developed in the UK has worked out the basics of sign language by absorbing TV shows that are both subtitled and signed.

While almost all shows are broadcast with subtitles, some are also accompanied with sign language because it is easier for many deaf people to follow.

Shows with both text and signing are a bit like a Rosetta Stone – a carving that provided the breakthrough in decoding Egyptian hieroglyphics from an adjacent translation in classical Greek.

So Patrick Buehler and Andrew Zisserman at the University of Oxford, along with Mark Everingham at the University of Leeds set out to see if software that can already interpret the typed word could learn British Sign Language from video footage.

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Hi,

I just wanted to post this video I found today of a 2 and a half year old doing the American Sign Language alphabet, because to me stuff like this is just amazing.

I’m trying to teach my 11 month old daughter some Sign Language too, I think it can help children when they get to school age to know a second language, especially if its American Sign Language.

Check it out and leave a comment.

Oliver

Sign Language Lesson 2 – The American Sign Language Alphabet

Now you can get started learning the American Sign Language alphabet, since we’ve covered the history. Using the diagram below and the tips that have been posted for you, you can pick up the ASL alphabet incredibly fast.

Remember the best way to learn the alphabet fast is to practice, practice practice….

A great way to learn how to fingerspell and do the American Sign Language alphabet is to have a handy little card or page you printed out as a reference guide. Just reach into your pocket, pull out your reference guide, and you know exactly how to sign the letter ‘b’ for example.

It is suggested to download and print the following Sign Language diagram. All 26 letters of our alphabet and their American Sign Language counter-part are shown which makes it easy to know which letter is what actual english letter.

The American Sign Language Alphabet

Theres not a lot of ways to learn the alphabet really super fast, but the following tips and advice were helpful to me while learning sign.

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