Reference - Dictionaries - Sign Languages
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HandSpeak
- ASL dictionary compiled from Deaf World Web's Sign of the Day feature. Animated black and white photos. Alternative translations for English words with several signed equivalents.
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The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs and Body Language Cues
- Developed from the research of anthropologists, archaeologists, biologists, linguists, psychiatrists, psychologists, semioticians and others who have studied human communication from a scientific point of view.
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ASL Fingerspelling
- ASL fingerspelling dictionary, converter, interactive quiz. Download Macintosh version.
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Animated ASL Dictionary
- Alternating black and white photos illustrate vocabulary items. Links to a short article about the history of Sign Language, Deaf event calendar, FAQ. By Randy Stine.
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SignBank
- Sign language databases in Sutton signwriting.
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German Sign Language Dictionary on Psychological Terms
- Uses QuickTime and digitized video.
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Latviesu Zimju Valodas Vardnica
- Latvian Sign Language Dictionary
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Medical ASL Phrasebook
- Dr. Eileen Carpenter's advice for medical professionals to learn sign language. QuickTime movies with accompanying written ASL transliteration. Tips and links. Long load.
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Sign Language Dictionaries Online
- Reviews of several sites which feature American Sign Language dictionaries. From about.com. Links.
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ASL Browser
- An online American Sign Language (ASL) browser where one can look up videos of thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them. From Michigan State University. Uses Quicktime.
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Signing Avatar
- 3-D animated signing and fingerspellind model; has vocabulary of 3500 words and will fingerspell words not in dictionary. Description of products and services, news and announcements, FAQ.
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ASL Dictionary by Subject
- 200 signs in 13 categories: adjectives, expressions, basic communication, colors, family and home, food and drink, miscellaneous, places, school, sports, time, verbs, weather. Black and white photo stills, line drawings, and text explanations. From SIGNHear Communication Center.
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ASL Dictionary
- List of signs organized alphabetically and by corresponding lesson. From the Lifeprint Institute.
