American+Sign+Language


 * ASL Web Resources** Deaf Culture




 * "Through Your Child's Eyes: ASL"** - **__// Click on the photo to the left //__** to view an informative video from California State University - Northridge & the California Department of Education. It beautifully explains how deaf babies and toddlers develop language and the need for visual communication to foster linguistic and cognitive growth. The captioned video is provided in English and Spanish.

= American Sign Language (ASL) Dictionaries - online =
 * ====**ASL Browser** - created by the Michigan State University Comm Tech Laboratory it provides color QuickTime videos clips of an actual person performing the sign. This is a free service to the public.====
 * ====**ASLPro.com** - offers multiple sign language dictionaries beyond the main dictionary - they provide conversational, religious and baby signs dictionaries too ... as well as quizzes and a host of other resources. It is a free service, but they do ask for a small donation to help maintain the website.====
 * ====**ASL-STEM Forum** - a valuable ASL resource encompassing Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM).====
 * ====**ASL Video Dictionary & Inflection Guide** - RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf developed this innovative dictionary that not only shows you 2,700 signs, but shows most of them in sentences. You can see the inflections and learn how they work to help gain a true understanding of the language of ASL, not just a list of its vocabulary.====
 * ====**Handspeak.com** - you can browse the ASL dictionaries for free, but to have full-access to the website you need to subscribe. Clear black and white videos of an actual person performing the sign.====
 * ====**Lifeprint.com** - it's a free website that provides more than a sign language dictionary. The website is the American Sign Language University (ASLU). Dr. Bill, the website creator, educates us all about Deaf culture. He offers a wealth of resources and services to advance the understanding and use of ASL, from interpreter issues to self-directed ASL lessons. The online dictionary is a mix of still photos and video clips.====
 * ====**Signing Savvy** - is an extensive website offering a variety of services and ASL resources. As with a few of the other websites, you can browse for free, but to have full-access to the website you need to subscribe. The ASL dictionary signs are clear color video clips of an actual person performing the sign.====
 * ====**Texas Math Sign Language Dictionary** - a fabulous video resource of vocabulary commonly used in math classes.====

= ASL Apps - iPad, iPod and/or iPhone =
 * ====**iSign** - an animated resource of 800 signs for your mobile device. It can be used as quick reference dictionary or in quiz mode for practice.====
 * ====**Sign Smith** - an animated resource of 1,200 ASL signs. The words are listed by category and alphabetically and presented so you can receive the word in multiple modalities : see the sign, hear the word and see the word.====
 * ====**Signing Savvy Member App** - if you are not a member, you have access to the Sign of the Day. If you are a member, you have mobile access to the entire website. A simply fabulous ASL resource!====

= Gallaudet True Text Fingerspelling Font = ====**ASL Font** - Gallaudet True Text Fingerspelling Font - download for either Mac or PC. The font transforms letters of the alphabet into the corresponding ASL hand shape. You can fingerspell a word in print. However, just like with any specialized font, if you use the font in a document and send it electronically, the person on the other end can only view the text if they have the Gallaudet font installed on their computer too. ====