Local Developers Working On App To Teach Sign Language

By Farai Mudzingwa

A local software development team, Room 28 Creatives is working on the 1st Zimbabwean Sign Language mobile video dictionary. The dictionary, Purple Signs, will contain more than 1500 English to Zimbabwe Sign Language words in a bid to increase access to services for the deaf.

How is this different from other Sign Language video dictionaries?

Yes, someone may argue “I have seen sign language video dictionaries before, whats special about this?”, but sign languages are specific to countries. This means an American Sign Language(ASL) dictionary will contain some differences when compared to a Zimbabwean sign language dictionary. Purple Signs is a dictionary …read more

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