MetaFilter posts tagged with asl

If rhythm be the food of love, play on

iamkimiam — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:12:44 -0800

The ASL Shakespeare Project brings us Twelfth Night, fully translated into American Sign Language (ASL) "American Sign Language (ASL) has often been called "kinetic sculpture," fusing movement and gesture to articulate language in space. With artists and scholars increasingly turning their attention to the representation and translation of gestures, this project joins two distinctly different cultures: the hearing world, with Shakespeare as one of its greatest poets, and the visual/gestural language of the Deaf." Peter Novak, project director for the ASL translation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, has devoted over a decade to this endeavor. Be sure to fully explore the main link to the ASL Shakespeare Project, where you can learn about some of the challenges* involved in an ASL translation, including homonyms, staging, songs and vernacular. Also, the Resources section contains a multitude of links, even lesson plans for students of ASL or Shakespeare, or both! Also, more from the Yale project page: Verse and Classifiers. *Click on Project, then Challenges (on the left sidebar)

I Saw the Sign

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:24:24 -0800

Pop Songs Interpreted

Signs of very cool.

prefpara — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:47:40 -0800

Maybe I'm crazy, but this seems to be a very cool effort by a sign language interpreter to include the hearing-impaired in the Gnarls Barkley lyrics experience. Too bad it's not on youtube anymore... however, other ASL interpretations of popular songs are still available.

ASL Music Videos

five fresh fish — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:03:38 -0800

American Sign Language Music Videos I'm not entirely sure they're ASL. Maybe they're just SL. Any which way you dice it, though, they're great. If you're entertained, do a search: there are lots more of them on YouTube. And just for kicks, Natalie Imbruglia's Torn, signed comedically.

Babble babble bitch bitch

FunkyHelix — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:08:33 -0800

Marilyn Manson's This Is the New Shit interpreted into American Sign Language^{^}.

Ventiçello is a miniature ceramic village sculpted by Steven Travis, who also invented a language and script called Tapissary, which appears on the images.

Kattullus — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:38:31 -0800

Ventiçello is a miniature ceramic village sculpted and photographed by Steven Travis, who also invented a language and script called Tapissary, inspired by American Sign Language, which appears on the images.

ASL Videos

alms — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:11:24 -0800

American Sign Language Flash Video Dictionary is a high quality, free dictionary with a huge number of signs. It includes specialized dictionaries of religious signs, conversational phrases, and ASL for babies. Unfortunately it's not possible to link to specific signs, but if you look inside you'll find words from "Abbreviate" to "Zoom" and phrases such as "I cannot fasten my belt," "has he been neutered?" "I already took a bath," "are you married?" and "I need a better firewall."

singing/signing - a different sort of cover song

jessamyn — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:58:14 -0800

Popular: It's Like That, Humble Neighborhood, Son of a Preacher Man, Beautiful, Barbi Girl, Truly Madly Deeply, I'm Alive
Indie: Blister in the Sun, Across the Sea, Tom's Diner, Zombie; Classics: The Rose (more, also without lyrics), Revolution, Hotel California
Rap/Hip Hop (some comedic): Baby Got Back, Ice Ice Baby, Music (more), Paul Revere, Grillz, White and Nerdy, Where'd You Go
Non-English songs: Film Dust, Comme Elle Vient; Pseudosign: Torn (again), Sweet Home Alabama
Instructions: general tips, religious songs, and how to sign "rock & roll"

"YouTube gives them an easy, expressive, unmediated channel for many-to-many communication."

amberglow — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:50:37 -0800

DEAF...i'm deaf, by kunosher, and just one of a growing group of videos on youtube created by the signing deaf. Many more here--from the personal to the political to videoblogs to deaf poetry jams to the news .

Vital Signs

angrybeaver — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:57:36 -0800

ASL is a cinematic language.

"Deaf Enough"

bardic — Tue, 09 May 2006 10:14:20 -0800

Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. is a liberal arts college and graduate school for the deaf (there's also a high school and primary school). In 1988, Gallaudet students protested when a hearing person was chosen as university president, and until today, I. King Jordan has served. Recently, a new president was chosen--Dr. Jane K. Fernandes, the school's Provost, who was born deaf but grew up speaking thanks to new therapies and technologies. A varied, vibrant student body never afraid to make their "voices" heard has spoken (with photos). Last night, so did a majority of the faculty, but Dr. Fernandes says she will stay.

Talk with your hands

plinth — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:06:11 -0800

In the US there are three major forms of manual communication ASL (American Sign Language, PSE (Pidgin Signed English or Contact), and SEE (Signing Exact English). Translating from English to any one of these is hard enough. That's not stopping this team from trying taking on the added challenge of a machine translation. I can't imagine them doing half as well as this man's efforts at live translating rap, switching between all three variants (video, with voice over).

We're all thumbs today

DeepFriedTwinkies — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 12:13:31 -0800

Using hands to communicate is not a new phenomon. American Sign Language (ASL) was formally introduced in 1817 by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet as a way for deaf people to communicate. Here's a wonderful browser that allows you to see how letters and words are signed (quicktime use). (Here's a way to tell your favorite Mefi trolll that you appreciate his/her kind words.) Oh, and let's not forget Koko, America's Gorilla Sign Language (GSL) sweetheart.

It's a sign!

Karmakaze — Tue, 04 May 2004 08:48:49 -0800

Baby Sign Language. Hearing children can learn to sign before they can talk. Parents can use A S L, or make up their own language.

xowie — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:05:01 -0800

ASL Browser.

Modern Drunkard's Bar Signs

jonson — Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:18:12 -0800

Bar Signs. Modern Drunkard has posted a handy guide for the alcoholic in us all, a set of gestures to communicate your needs when it's too loud to hear, or just because, as the site says, "when words come out, whiskey can't get in."

geronimo_rex — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:47:50 -0800

Learn sign language. Or, knowing you - just pretend it's porn.