Government Launches Mobile App Sign Learn for Indian Sign Languages

The Centre on Friday launched an Indian Sign Language (ISL) dictionary cellular utility known as Sign Learn containing 10,000 phrases.

The app was launched by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik. Sign Learn is predicated on the Indian signal language dictionary of the Indian Sign Language Research And Training Centre (ISLRTC) which incorporates 10,000 phrases. The app is obtainable in Android in addition to iOS variations, and all of the phrases within the ISL dictionary may be searched by way of Hindi or English medium, officers mentioned. The signal movies of the app can be shared on social media.

“The app has been developed to make the ISL dictionary easily available and to make it more accessible for the public at large,” a senior official mentioned to PTI.

Notably, ISLRTC had not too long ago signed an MoU with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on October 6, 2020, for changing NCERT textbooks from lessons 1 to 12 into the Indian Sign Language (digital format) to make the textbooks accessible to youngsters with listening to disabilities. This yr, ISL e-content of NCERT textbooks of sophistication 6 was launched, the official added.

Under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Centre had launched ISL variations of chosen books of National Book Trust’s Veergatha sequence.

With the joint effort of ISLRTC and NCERT, 500 tutorial phrases in Indian Sign Language had been launched. These tutorial phrases are used on the secondary stage which are sometimes utilized in historical past, science, political science and arithmetic, the official added.