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Google DeepMind unveils SL2T for real-time sign language-to-text translation

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Google DeepMind has introduced SL2T, a novel sign language-to-text model designed to enhance accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing users. This AI technology translates American Sign Language (ASL) input directly into English text, enabling users to sign into applications like Gboard and Live Transcribe on Android devices, specifically starting with Pixel 11. Developed in close collaboration with the deaf community, including Deaf Googlers and an AI Sign Language Advisory Committee, SL2T processes hand, body, and facial movements in real-time, optimizing for practical use cases such as one-handed signing while maintaining on-device pose tracking for privacy. AI

IMPACT Enhances accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing users by enabling real-time sign language input on mobile devices.

RANK_REASON This is a new product feature release from a major AI lab, but it is an integration into existing platforms rather than a foundational model release.

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Google DeepMind unveils SL2T for real-time sign language-to-text translation

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COVERAGE [8]

  1. X — Google DeepMind TIER_1 English(EN) · GoogleDeepMind ·

    We built SL2T with the Deaf community - guided by Deaf Googlers and our AI Sign Language Advisory Committee.

    We built SL2T with the Deaf community - guided by Deaf Googlers and our AI Sign Language Advisory Committee. Bringing ASL input to phones is just the beginning and we’re working to expand this technology to more sign languages and applications. Find out more → https://t.co/jwN…

  2. X — Google DeepMind TIER_1 English(EN) · GoogleDeepMind ·

    SL2T is state-of-the-art on academic benchmarks, plus it's optimized for real-world use like one-handed signing while holding a phone.

    SL2T is state-of-the-art on academic benchmarks, plus it's optimized for real-world use like one-handed signing while holding a phone. To protect privacy, it tracks body poses on-device, while our servers translate them into text. https://t.co/6AkxT6mO3D

  3. X — Google DeepMind TIER_1 English(EN) · GoogleDeepMind ·

    For years, building AI for sign language has been slow due to complex technical challenges and misconceptions about how the languages work.

    For years, building AI for sign language has been slow due to complex technical challenges and misconceptions about how the languages work. We addressed this by training a model to translate simultaneous movements of the hands, body, and face directly into text, using huge

  4. X — Google DeepMind TIER_1 English(EN) · GoogleDeepMind ·

    SL2T is our breakthrough sign language-to-text model powering new features for Deaf and hard of hearing users on @Android.

    SL2T is our breakthrough sign language-to-text model powering new features for Deaf and hard of hearing users on @Android. Starting with American Sign Language-to-English on Pixel 11, people can sign directly into Gboard and Live Transcribe instead of typing. https://t.co/p9Vx7t…

  5. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 Svenska(SV) · [email protected] ·

    Google DeepMind launches a new technology that can translate sign language to text in real-time. The goal is to make it easier for deaf and hard of hearing people to communicate.

    Google DeepMind lanserar en ny teknik som kan översätta teckenspråk till text i realtid. Målet är att göra det enklare för döva och hörselskadade att kommunicera med mobilen. # nyheter # googledeepmind # google # android # ai # teckenspråk AI översätter teckenspråk direkt till te…

    LINKS mobil.se/…/1694052
  6. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Putting sign language AI into users’ hands. Google DeepMind unveils SL2T model enabling real-time sign language translation, marking a major accessibility miles

    Putting sign language AI into users’ hands. Google DeepMind unveils SL2T model enabling real-time sign language translation, marking a major accessibility milestone with potential industry-wide impact. Source: Google DeepMind Blog https:// deepmind.google/blog/putting-s ign-langu…

    LINKS deepmind.google/…/putting-sign-language-a…
  7. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    DeepMind's SL2T model translates sign language as its own language, not as word-for-word substitution. Sign languages have their own grammar, and treating them

    DeepMind's SL2T model translates sign language as its own language, not as word-for-word substitution. Sign languages have their own grammar, and treating them as English-with-hands has been a persistent, damaging mistake in assistive design... So far. It's worth watching how wel…

    LINKS deepmind.google/…/putting-sign-language-a…
  8. r/singularity TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/TorturedPoet30 ·

    DeepMind just released SL2T, sign language-to-text model, deaf users can now sign into their phones instead of typing, developed with heavy input from the Deaf community

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1vmflo1/deepmind_just_released_sl2t_sign_languagetotext/"> <img alt="DeepMind just released SL2T, sign language-to-text model, deaf users can now sign into their phones instead of typing, developed with heavy…

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