TOKYO -- SoftBank will start providing an AI-based sign language translation service as soon as 2024 using a smartphone app that can turn 5,000 signs into Japanese text in one second or less, Nikkei has learned.
There are more than 300,000 people with hearing or speech impairments in Japan. SoftBank hopes the sign language translation service can promote smooth communication between hearing people who do not understand sign language and those with hearing impairments.
