Snapchat has a new lens to help you learn the American Sign Language alphabet
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#5XYRM)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Snap is launching a new Snapchat lens that can help you learn American Sign Language (ASL). It's called ASL Alphabet Lens, and Snapchat is launching it in partnership with SignAll, a company that has built technology that can translate sign language.
Led entirely by Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing team members here at Snap called the Deafengers', the ASL Alphabet Lens teaches you to fingerspell your name, practice the ASL Alphabet, and play games that put new skills to the test," Snap said in a blog post.
Screenshots from the ASL Alphabet Lens app.You can try the lens from this link, which should open in Snapchat if you have the app on your phone. I played around for it for a few minutes and was pretty impressed. The...