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Sign Language: Artificial Intelligence

Asked by Jen CraftLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 23 February 2026UIN 106192

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025 to question 91065, what tools have been or are being assessed to deliver Artificial Intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

The department has predominantly looked at text to British Sign Language translation tools, reviewing information from the main players in this field, Signapse, Robotica and Silence Speaks and engaging with our primary supplier for generative articifical intelligence, Microsoft.

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