For me, signing made that blueprint clear, showing me that the body is what gives language life. Access to that language required that I attune myself to emotion — both my own and others’.

Earlier this year, Bay Area-based Google put together a competition intended to use artificial intelligence in decode sign language in real time. According to Google, the goal of the competition ...

What you’re missing: “I want to speak now” Achin says that when someone is trying to speak up or interrupt the current speaker, they’ll become restless in their chair.