Development and maintenance of online sign language dictionary

Project owner: Hallatlan Foundation

Responsible person: Mr. Pál Bartos

2011

1,000 Euro Prize

HU

Civil Society / Social Economy

What is it about?
Appreciation of the Jury

Since sign language is not very widespread outside of the world of the hearing impaired, the online dictionary is a fantastic aid to enormously improve everyday communication with those who can hear. The widespread availability of internet access means that use of the dictionary is very low-threshold. Translations can be accessed quickly almost everywhere and the available word count is constantly being increased. Sign language is therefore becoming a normal national foreign language. The dictionary is currently only available in Hungarian but will hopefully soon encompass other languages.