SMRTR TechAug 12, 2026Interesting Engineering

Google’s new sign-language model lets users sign to search instead of typing

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Google's new sign-language-to-text model lets deaf users sign to search the web, send messages, and interact with Gemini instead of typing. Trained on 100,000+ hours of data across 50 sign languages, it launches with ASL support on Pixel 11 via Gboard and Live Transcribe.

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