A MULTILINGUAL DICTIONARY FOR SIGN LANGUAGES : ” SPREAD THE SIGN “

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In many countries, deaf education is still not optimal. As they are visually orientated, deaf people need teaching materials which are visually accessible. Ideally, sign language is used as language of instruction. The EU-funded project “SpreadTheSign” (STS) addresses this need by offering a free multilingual dictionary in the form of a website and an app (http://www.spreadthesign.com). At this time, it is the largest online dictionary for sign languages in the world, covering more than half of Europe as well as non-European countries like the USA, Brazil, Japan and India. It started out as a vocational dictionary, but it is no longer limited to vocational topics. Its target groups are deaf (vocational) students travelling to other countries, sign language interpreters and all the people who are interested in sign languages and want to learn and/or compare signs from different national sign languages.