Sign language avatar in use: customer testimonials
Success stories and experiences with the alangu sign language avatar: Inclusion that inspires – real customer voices from practical use:
➡️ City of Kamp-Lintfort | New Website with Clear Structure and Fresh Design
Nov. 12, 2025: The City of Kamp-Lintfort launches its new homepage featuring a Sign Language Avatar
The relaunch largely meets accessibility requirements, offering people with disabilities easier access to city information. A Sign Language Avatar explains key website content in sign language, improving access for users with hearing impairments.
Read more at kamp-lintfort.de
➡️ Jobcenter for Employment and Basic Income Support Leverkusen (AGL) | Sign Language Avatar Videos
Nov. 11, 2025: Accessibility is a top priority – Sign Language Avatar videos on the Jobcenter website
The Jobcenter emphasizes inclusion and accessibility by providing Sign Language Avatar videos that clearly explain important content. In the first video, the Avatar introduces itself and explains why this innovation marks a major step toward digital inclusion.
Read more at jobcenter-agl.de
➡️ trendyone.de | City of Ulm Launches Virtual Assistant for the Deaf
Nov. 10, 2025: The City of Ulm now offers multilingual content, visual customization options, and sign language accessibility
Topics such as “Basic Income Support” or “Applying for an ID Card” are presented in sign language, optionally with subtitles. “Our written language can be difficult for many deaf people”, explains Oliver Arnold, the City of Ulm’s Inclusion Officer.
Read more at trendyone.de
➡️ donau3fm.de | City of Ulm Expands Accessibility with Sign Language Videos
Nov. 3, 2025: Ulm takes another step toward full accessibility with Sign Language videos
What makes this special: the videos are presented by a digitally animated avatar that translates text modules directly into sign language. This allows quick and easy updates without the need to recreate videos each time content changes.
Read more at donau3fm.de
➡️ radiogong.com | Würzburg: City Strengthens Inclusion Efforts
Oct. 14, 2025: Würzburg continues to advance accessibility and participation
As part of a nationwide Sign Language Avatar project for municipalities and public institutions, AI-generated videos in sign language are now available on the city’s website, promoting independence and inclusion for people with disabilities.
Read more at radiogong.com
➡️ Municipality of Igersheim | Sign Language Videos for the Deaf Now Online
Sep. 16, 2025: Igersheim continues to improve accessibility on its website
The municipality is currently working on finding a local sign for “Igersheim” (see Facebook). Sign language videos are vital since written text often feels like a foreign language to signers and must be translated into their visual native language.
Read more at igersheim.de
➡️ rp-online.de | City of Krefeld Ranked Among Top 10 Smart Cities
Sep. 13, 2025: Krefeld’s digital administration ranks in Bitkom’s Smart City Top Ten, partly thanks to its Sign Language Avatar
The AI-driven avatar allows website content to be displayed in sign language for deaf users. With such digital innovations, Krefeld promotes accessible communication and plans to expand its use of AI in the future.
Read more at rp-online.de
➡️ City of Leinfelden-Echterdingen | Website Now Multilingual, Including Sign Language
Sep. 11, 2025: Key information now available as videos in sign language
The city’s new website offers content in multiple languages – including German, English, French, Italian, Turkish, and Ukrainian – as well as in Easy Language and Sign Language videos.
Read more at leinfelden-echterdingen.de
➡️ pro.meinhoergeraet.de | Ebersberg County Enhances Accessible Information Access
Jul. 3, 2025: Ebersberg introduces Sign Language Avatar to improve accessibility
A digital sign language avatar helps deaf and hard-of-hearing users navigate online information. The modular system enables municipalities to automatically provide their content in sign language. Ebersberg sets an example as a pioneer.
Read more at pro.meinhoergeraet.de
➡️ merkur.de | Ebersberg County Promotes Inclusion with Avatar
May 27, 2025: Ebersberg County launches its Sign Language Avatar for digital accessibility
Using the modular avatar system, local governments can easily convert text into sign language videos, complete with subtitles and playback controls for enhanced inclusion.
Read more at merkur.de
➡️ sueddeutsche.de | Ebersberg County: Administrative Language in Sign Language
May 23, 2025: Animated avatar improves accessibility on the county’s website
Ebersberg County’s new AI-powered avatar "Livian" makes government information available to everyone, including deaf citizens, by translating key content into sign language.
Read more at sueddeutsche.de
➡️ Ebersberg County | Deaf but Not Silent
May 22, 2025: The county’s Sign Language Avatar is now live
“The avatar is a valuable addition - but not a replacement for personal consultations”, says Angela Prommersperger from the Office for Inclusion, echoing our own view at alangu. Various videos (see Instagram) are available in Sign Language with full accessibility.
Read more at lra-ebe.de
➡️ osthessen-news.de | City of Fulda Introduces Sign Avatar
May 20, 2025: More inclusion through AI? The City of Fulda redesigns its website for greater inclusion
The Advisory Council for People with Disabilities in Fulda emphasizes that the city’s initiative goes beyond the requirements set by the German Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG) – a mission we at alangu fully support. The use of advanced avatar technologies, as implemented in Fulda, enables more inclusive communication and access to information, ensuring that everyone – including people with hearing impairments – can benefit from digital services.
Read more at osthessen-news.de
➡️ demografie.lra-ebe.de | Ebersberg County Introduces Avatar: Deaf, but Not Silent
May 16, 2025: Sign Language Avatar Promotes Greater Accessibility on the Ebersberg Websites
The avatar is being continuously enhanced in terms of clarity, facial expression, and lighting. To further advance inclusion for people who communicate using sign language, the Inclusion Office of the Ebersberg Administration has chosen to implement the sign language avatar.
Read more at demografie.lra-ebe.de
➡️ bnn.de | Municipality of Forbach Seeks Sign Name for the Town
May 14, 2025: Forbach is making its website more accessible and is seeking a local sign for its name
Thomas Hudeczek from the Municipality of Forbach manages the website and explains: “For deaf people, sign language is the primary means of communication and understanding information”. As a solution, Hudeczek points out: “Videos in sign language convey content in a form that is immediately understandable”. He concludes with satisfaction: “Everything went very well – the company has extensive experience in this field and provided us with the videos in a modular system.”
Read more at bnn.de
➡️ Municipality of Forbach | Homepage Information in Sign Language
May 12, 2025: Sign Language Avatar Videos Provide Information About Website Content and Use in Sign Language
In the sign language avatar videos, users can adjust the playback speed and optionally display subtitles of the signed text, with a full-screen mode also available. By clicking the info icon (i) in the upper left corner or in the footer of each video, users can access an information page with additional details about the sign language avatar used.
Read more at forbach.de
➡️ bayreuther-tagblatt.de | City of Bayreuth Improves Accessibility
May 8, 2025: Sign Language Avatar videos now online
People with hearing impairments can now navigate the city’s website more easily, thanks to automatically generated sign language videos created from predefined text modules and city-specific information – with subtitles for added accessibility.
Read more at bayreuther-tagblatt.de
➡️ City of Bayreuth | Accessibility through Sign Language Videos
May 8, 2025: The Sign Language Avatar presents various homepage topics
With the by the Inclusion Office acquired modular system, which includes pre-designed text modules, videos featuring a municipal sign language avatar can be created. These videos – where subtitles can be turned on or off – include information from the City of Bayreuth and/or links to additional resources.
Read more at bayreuth.de
➡️ anatom5.de | City of Willich Among First Municipalities to Use Sign Language Avatar
Apr. 24, 2025: Also participating are cities such as Augsburg, Bamberg, Duisburg, Essen, Fulda, Konstanz, Krefeld, Leipzig, Mönchengladbach, Munich, Nettetal, Ulm, and Würzburg
The publication “hausschrift 04.25” by “anatom5 perception marketing GmbH”, accessibility experts since 2003, specializing in Universal Design & Accessibility, an agency for BITV and BFSG compliance, highlights on pages 22–23 why a sign language avatar is beneficial, project success stories, the current state of the technology including strengths and challenges, perspectives from the Deaf community, as well as an overview of the advantages and disadvantages.
Read more at anatom5.de
➡️ wuerzburg.ihk.de | Haßberge County Launches Modern, Accessible, Future-Ready Website
Apr. 5, 2025: The Chamber of Commerce Würzburg-Schweinfurt reports on the county’s new inclusive website
The official chamber magazine “Wirtschaft in Mainfranken” published by the Chamber of Commerce “IHK Würzburg-Schweinfurt” highlights in its March 2025 issue, on page 73, how Haßberge is launching a new, inclusive website. As part of this digital modernization, a sign language avatar has been introduced to present key information in sign language, thereby enhancing digital accessibility for people with hearing impairments.
Read more at wuerzburg.ihk.de
➡️ osthessen-zeitung.de | City of Fulda Implements Sign Language Avatar
Mar. 25, 2025: Fulda City Budget Approved – Sign Language Avatar Verified
Sign language avatar for the city’s website: In cooperation with municipalities from across Germany, a platform has been created that “allows cities and districts to access the system and use AI-based technology to independently generate content in sign language”, explains Monika Kowoll-Ferger, Press Officer at the City Administration’s Magistrate Press Office.
Read more at osthessen-zeitung.de
➡️ hsk-news.de | City of Brilon Advances Accessible Digital Communication
Mar. 25, 2025: City of Brilon Takes Another Important Step Toward Inclusion and Digital Accessibility
The City of Brilon is enhancing its digital accessibility with a new sign language avatar that translates website content into Sign Language. This initiative makes it easier for deaf individuals to access information and sends a strong message in support of inclusion. The project is being further developed and continuously expanded in collaboration with partners.
Read more at hsk-news.de
➡️ radiosauerland.de | City of Brilon Launches County’s First Sign Language Avatar
Mar. 25, 2025: Brilon Enables Barrier-Free Digital Communication for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals
In close collaboration with the Brilon Advocacy Group for People with Disabilities (BIV), Mayor Dr. Christof Bartsch explains: “It’s important that the content is not only implemented technically but also perceived as truly helpful by the target audience. That’s why we place great value on feedback from the community, and the content is being gradually adapted and optimized”.
Read more at radiosauerland.de
➡️ brilon-totallokal.de | City of Brilon Goes Digital with Sign Language Avatar
Mar. 25, 2025: Brilon Becomes the First Municipality in the Area to Use Barrier-Free Digital Communication with an Avatar
The City of Brilon has integrated a sign language avatar on its website, becoming the first municipality in the region to do so, thereby enhancing digital accessibility. The avatar translates key content from the city’s website into Sign Language, providing deaf individuals with improved access to information.
Read more at brilon-totallokal.de
➡️ City of Brilon | Important Step Toward Inclusion
Mar. 24, 2025: Sign Language Avatar on the City Website
The City of Brilon is the first municipality in the area to adopt barrier-free digital communication with an innovative sign language avatar, promoting greater inclusion and digital accessibility (see Instagram). “Accessibility must be a given today – both in the physical and digital world. With the sign language avatar, our online services become accessible to even more people, demonstrating that digital inclusion is achievable,” says Mayor Dr. Christof Bartsch.
Read more at brilon.de
➡️ kommune21.de | Lüchow-Dannenberg County: Award-Winning Digitalization Strategy
Mar. 17, 2025: Sign Language Avatar Part of the Countys Excellent Digitalization Strategy
The county has implemented a wide range of new digital solutions, including a sign language avatar, as part of its digital strategy. According to Silicon Valley Europe, this positions the Lüchow-Dannenberg County as a role model and pioneer for a future-oriented, digital administration. “The Lüchow-Dannenberg County impressively demonstrates that digital transformation in public administration is not only possible but essential to ensure citizen engagement, efficiency, and long-term viability”, says Michael Mattis, CEO and Founder of Silicon Valley Europe.
Read more at kommune21.de
➡️ City of Kaiserslautern | Accessibility Efforts Expanded
Mar. 14, 2025: Sign-Language Avatar and Numerous Other Projects for Greater Inclusion Already Implemented
Since last year, the City of Kaiserslautern’s website has featured a sign language avatar to improve digital participation for people who are deaf. Participation, equal opportunity, inclusion, and accessibility – both digital and analog – remain central goals of the city administration.
Read more at kaiserslautern.de
➡️ badische-zeitung.de | City of Emmendingen Uses Avatar
Mar. 5, 2025: Avatar Livian Translates for the City of Emmendingen
Charlotte Körner follows up: “How can a city promote accessibility and ensure equal digital participation for people with hearing impairments? The Emmendingen city website uses a sign language avatar.” Sign language videos are helpful, because written texts often feel unfamiliar to people who are deaf, explains Johannes Baur, Emmendingen’s Senior Citizens and Inclusion Officer.
Read more at badische-zeitung.de
➡️ barnim-aktuell.de | City of Bernau as a Pioneer in Digital Accessibility
Feb. 11, 2025: City of Bernau near Berlin Achieves Excellent Results in the Digital Accessibility Atlas
The Digital Accessibility Atlas is Germany’s largest civil-society initiative aimed at creating government transparency. It evaluates how municipalities make their digital services accessible to people with disabilities. Bernau is among the leaders and is expanding its inclusive offerings with a sign language avatar, whose presence on the city’s website is continuously being enhanced to further improve accessibility.
Read more at barnim-aktuell.de
➡️ suedwestfalen-mag.com | City of Soest: Accessibility with AI
Feb. 4, 2025: Great Example from Soest: How AI Supports Accessibility!
The City of Soest is enhancing its accessibility with the help of artificial intelligence: A digital avatar named Livian automatically translates informational texts into sign language, making municipal content accessible to people with hearing impairments. The modular system makes it easy and fast to create accessible videos.
Read more at suedwestfalen-mag.com
➡️ main-echo.de | City of Wertheim: Sign Language Avatar Livian on the Homepage
Feb. 3, 2025: Sign language technology has recently been introduced on the City of Wertheim’s homepage
Sabrina Niklas from Tauberbischofsheim, who is deaf, sits focused in front of the computer in the office of Wertheim’s press officer, Virginia Templeton, watching the movements of the photorealistic avatar “Livian,” who presents Sign Language through facial expressions, gestures, and body movements.
Read more at main-echo.de
➡️ wohlfahrtintern.de | LVR – Creating Sign Language Videos with the AI Toolkit
Jan. 28, 2025: Avatar Makes the Rhineland Regional Council’s Web Portal More Accessible
Wohlfahrt Intern, the business magazine for the social economy, reports on the sign language avatar that is making the Rhineland Regional Council’s (LVR - Landschaftsverband Rheinland) web portal more accessible. The foundation for this was laid by the AI research project AVASAG (Avatar-Based Speech Assistant for Automated Sign Language Translation).
Read more at wohlfahrtintern.de
➡️ mainpost.de | Haßberge County Unveils New Website
Jan. 27, 2025: Haßberge County Designs New Website to Be Modern, User-Friendly, and Accessible with Avatar Support
The Haßberge County has introduced its new website, designed to be modern, forward-looking, user-friendly, and accessible. This includes a sign language avatar that visually presents selected content in sign language, making online communication easier and more effective for people with hearing impairments – an important signal for inclusion and digital participation.
Read more at mainpost.de
➡️ Haßberge County | New Website: Modern, Accessible, Future-Oriented
Jan. 27, 2025: Haßberge County Presents New Website Including Sign Language Avatar
Inovanet Managing Director Dominic Braunreuter, project lead Anika Heilmann, County Administrator Wilhelm Schneider, and Managing Director Marcus Fröhlich present the new website, with its accessible design marking another step toward inclusion. Selected content is visually rendered by a sign language avatar to significantly improve digital communication for people with hearing impairments.
Read more at hassberge.de
➡️ wz.de | City of Willich Scores High on Accessibility
Jan. 21, 2025: City of Willich Homepage Rated a Positive Standout by the “Digital Accessibility Atlas” Initiative
Sign language, delivered through a sign language avatar, is also included on the City of Willich’s homepage. In terms of accessibility, Willich’s site performs above average, as evaluated by a review group composed exclusively of people with disabilities who used self-defined scoring criteria to assess how well they were able to navigate and perceive the website.
Read more at wz.de
➡️ schwetzinger-zeitung.de | Municipality of Oftersheim Launches New Website
Jan. 20, 2025: Sign Language Avatar Now Supports Accessibility on the New Oftersheim Website
Head of Civil Affairs Jens Volpp, Mayor Pascal Seidel, Head of the Cultural Office Guido Hillengaß, and Petra Pfeifer-Wiest, responsible for press and public relations, present the new website of the Municipality of Oftersheim. The municipality strives to make its website content as barrier-free as possible, including providing information for deaf people through a sign language avatar.
Read more at schwetzinger-zeitung.de
➡️ City of Willich | Accessibility Above the National Average
Jan. 17, 2025: Willich Achieves Excellent Results in Website Accessibility, Well Above the National Average
The sign language avatar is one of Willich’s digital offerings for inclusion. “The positive rating in the Digital Accessibility Atlas shows that we are on the right track. We want our digital services to be accessible. We will continue to ensure that digitalization is possible and tangible for as many people in our society as possible”, says Mayor Christian Pakusch.
Read more at stadt-willich.de
➡️ kommune21.de | Mannheim Website Now in Sign Language
Jan. 15, 2025: Another Step Toward Accessibility and Inclusion for the City of Mannheim
“This project and the continuously evolving software represent a milestone in advancing a digital approach to presenting texts in sign language through an avatar”, says Ursula Frenz, Commissioner for the Concerns of People with Disabilities for the City of Mannheim.
Read more at kommune21.de
➡️ extra-tipp-am-sonntag.de | City of Willich: Sign-Language Avatar “Livian” Launched
Jan. 10, 2025: Willich among the First 40 Municipalities in Germany to Participate in the Sign Language Avatar Project
“This technology conveys the emotional context, body language, facial expressions, and posture that are essential for effective communication in sign language”, says Christoph Janßen, webmaster and member of the City of Willich’s Digitalization and Organization team.
Read more at extra-tipp-am-sonntag.de
➡️ news894.de | City of Dormagen Now Online with Sign Language Avatar
Jan. 6, 2025: City of Dormagen Introduces AI-Powered Sign Language Avatar on Its Website
The City of Dormagen has launched a new AI-based sign language avatar on its website, making it easier for deaf people to access municipal information and services. The avatar translates content into sign language, contributing to greater accessibility and inclusion. The service will be gradually expanded in the future.
Read more at news894.de
➡️ rp-online.de | City of Willich: Services in Sign Language
Dec. 23, 2024: Avatar Livian Makes Digital Citizen Services and Virtual Holiday Greetings Accessible
“This innovative solution now uses advanced AI and machine learning techniques for the first time to enable the translation of sign language via a pre-developed 3D sign language avatar”, says Christoph Janßen, webmaster and member of the City of Willich’s Digitalization and Organization team.
Read more at rp-online.de
➡️ weikmedien.de | Mannheim Introduces Sign Language Avatar
Dec. 20, 2024: More Inclusion for Deaf Residents of the City of Mannheim
The City of Mannheim has enhanced its website with a digital sign language avatar that uses artificial intelligence to present key content in Sign Language. The system is designed to improve digital participation for deaf people by automatically translating texts into sign language videos. The avatar is continuously being optimized.
Read more at weikmedien.de
➡️ msn.com | City of Dormagen: Innovative and Accessible
Dec. 20, 2024: City of Dormagen Embraces Digital Accessibility with Sign Language Avatar
The City of Dormagen has introduced an AI-based sign language avatar, making it easier for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals to access digital content on the municipal website. With this step, Dormagen leverages modern technologies to remove barriers, enhance citizen services, and further advance inclusion.
Read more at msn.com
➡️ dormago.de | City of Dormagen: Avatar Supports Homepage Accessibility
Dec. 20, 2024: Avatar Enhances Barrier-Free Communication for Deaf Residents on the Municipal Website
The City of Dormagen is improving barrier-free communication on its website for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals with an AI-powered sign language avatar. The service will be gradually expanded to make digital access to municipal information and services easier – a clear commitment to inclusion and digital participation.
Read more at dormago.de
➡️ City of Dormagen | AI-Powered Sign Language Avatar on the Municipal Website
Dec. 20, 2024: City of Dormagen Implements Innovative Project for Digitalization and Inclusion
“For us, it is very important to continue developing accessibility at all levels. With this project, we strengthen inclusion and improve citizen services in Dormagen”, says First Deputy Mayor Fritz Bezold. “With the AI-powered sign-language avatar, we combine innovative technologies with lived inclusion. Our goal is to provide all citizens with equal access to information”, adds Thomas Hegenbarth, Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of the City of Dormagen.
Read more at dormagen.de
➡️ rnf.de | Mannheim: Artificial Intelligence and Avatar
Dec. 13, 2024: Municipal Website Now Available in Sign Language
The City of Mannheim now offers an AI-based sign language avatar on its website, providing deaf residents with access to important information in Sign Language. The system uses AI-powered animations to translate texts into sign language in a modular format. The avatar is continuously being further developed.
Read more at rnf.de
➡️ City of Mannheim | Website Now Available in Sign Language
Dec. 13, 2024: Avatar Enhances Participation for Deaf Residents in Mannheim
“For deaf people, written language is often like a foreign language. Online texts are frequently insufficient for them”, emphasizes Ursula Frenz, Commissioner for the Concerns of People with Disabilities for the City of Mannheim (see mannheim.de/de/gebaerdensprache): “With the sign language avatar, we are taking an important step to make information accessible to all people in Mannheim”.
Read more at mannheim.de
➡️ pressreader.com | City of Dormagen Supports Deaf Residents Online
Dec. 13, 2024: City of Dormagen Promotes Digital Accessibility with Sign Language Avatar
The City of Dormagen aims to advance inclusion for deaf people in the digital space as well. Deaf individuals often face challenges with written information, as sign language is their native language. To address these challenges while navigating online content, the City of Dormagen is providing support through a sign language avatar.
Read more at pressreader.com
➡️ rp-online.de | City of Dormagen: Innovative Approach Provides Support
Dec. 12, 2024: City of Dormagen Assists Deaf Residents in Accessing Websites with Innovative Solution
The City of Dormagen is also working to advance inclusion for deaf people in the digital space. To this end, the city has introduced an AI-powered sign language avatar on its website to remove digital barriers for deaf residents and strengthen inclusion. The service will be continuously developed and improved.
Read more at rp-online.de
➡️ Integration Office Hamburg | Application Process in Sign Language
Dec. 12, 2024: Sign Language Avatar Explains Application Process in Sign Language in Hamburg
The Integration Office Hamburg (Integrationsamt Hamburg) now offers three new sign language videos featuring a sign language avatar, which inform deaf residents about (1) the process, (2) the application, and (3) the required documents for requesting interpreter services or communication assistance. The avatar, developed by Charamel GmbH, as well as the content, were optimized in collaboration with deaf employees of the Hamburg administration. Learn more about this innovative step toward greater digital participation and accessibility at hamburg.de
➡️ Rhineland Regional Council (LVR - Landschaftsverband Rheinland) | Testimonial
Dec. 11, 2024: LVR Advisory Compass Impresses with Sign Language Avatar
“We recognized the potential of the sign language avatar toolkit early on and are using this innovative software to enhance digital participation in our LVR Advisory Compass. Tests and surveys with deaf users confirm its high quality and comprehensibility. Particularly impressive is the simple, flexible customization of translations – a clear motivation to keep going!” says the Rhineland Regional Council (LVR - Landschaftsverband Rheinland). The LVR avatar provides information in Sign Language within the LVR Advisory Compass at beratungskompass.lvr.de/index.html
➡️ presse-service.de | City of Soest: Avatar Enhances Accessibility
Dec. 9, 2024: City of Soest Uses Artificial Intelligence for Sign Language Info Videos
“Fast, resource-efficient, and continually expanding [-] this system now allows texts to be assembled from standardized text modules. With the push of a button, a video in Sign Language is generated using artificial intelligence and a massive dataset of preloaded content”, explains Kira Budde, Inclusion Officer for the City of Soest.
Read more at presse-service.de
➡️ lvby.de | District of Swabia Reduces Digital Barriers
Dec. 5, 2024: Bavarian Association of the Deaf (Landesverband Bayern der Gehörlosen e.V.) and District Association of the Sign Language Community Swabia (Bezirksverband der Gebärdensprachgemeinschaft Schwaben e.V.)
The District of Swabia uses an AI-based 3D sign language avatar that explains content on its website in Sign Language, providing barrier-free information for deaf people. Deaf individuals were involved in the development, and the sign language videos can be flexibly created, updated, and, if needed, supplemented with subtitles.
Read more at lvby.de
➡️ ovb-heimatzeitungen.de | District of Swabia Breaks Down Barriers
Dec. 4, 2024: Breaking Down Barriers with AI-Based Sign Language Avatar
“With web videos in which a human-like 3D avatar conveys information in sign language, the District of Swabia aims to reduce barriers on its website”, states the article (ID: 2183980) published on December 4, 2024, in: Mühldorfer Anzeiger (p. 5), Wasserburger Zeitung (p. 5), Mangfall-Bote (p. 5), Chiemgau-Zeitung (p. 5), Neumarkter Anzeiger (p. 5), Oberbayerisches Volksblatt (p. 5), Waldkraiburger Nachrichten (p. 5).
Read more at ovb-heimatzeitungen.de
➡️ radio-augsburg.de | District of Swabia Barrier-Free Thanks to AI
Dec. 4, 2024: District of Swabia Makes Information More Accessible to Deaf People with Sign Language Videos
“The sign language avatar is an important milestone on the path to barrier-free communication”, says District President Martin Sailer, who believes this step makes a significant contribution to inclusion. An innovative approach: the district’s online videos, translated into sign language using an AI-based avatar, allow deaf people to access and understand the content.
Read more at radio-augsburg.de
➡️ District of Swabia | Reducing Digital Barriers
Dec. 3, 2024: Bavarian District Launches Sign Language Avatar
District President Martin Sailer is confident that the District of Swabia “offers great added value with the sign language avatar” and emphasizes the societal importance of embracing digital tools for successful inclusion (see Instagram). Four avatar-based videos are already available on the district’s website at bezirk-schwaben.de/dgs - with more to follow.
Read more at bezirk-schwaben.de
➡️ sonntagsblatt.de | District of Swabia Launches Sign Language Avatar
Dec. 3, 2024: District of Swabia Aims to Reduce Barriers on Its Website
“For successful inclusion, we as a society must be open to digital tools and explore new approaches together with those affected and with experts”, says District President Martin Sailer. Many people with hearing impairments rely on information in sign language in the digital world.
Read more at sonntagsblatt.de
➡️ evangelische-zeitung.de | District of Swabia with Sign Language Avatar
Dec. 3, 2024: District of Swabia Reduces Barriers on Its Website
“We as a district are convinced that the sign language avatar provides great added value and that it is worthwhile to expand this offering”, says District President Martin Sailer, who sees the AI-based avatar videos as a barrier-reduced solution to reach all people in the digital world.
Read more at evangelische-zeitung.de
➡️ atlasdigitalebarrierefreiheit.de | Germersheim Recognized for Outstanding Digital Accessibility
Dec. 3, 2024: City of Germersheim Consistently Achieves Excellent Results in Digital Accessibility on Its Website
Since 2022, the City of Germersheim has been using a sign language avatar to enhance participation for deaf individuals. Across all evaluation methods, Germersheim’s website consistently achieves excellent results in digital accessibility, making it a model that other municipalities can and should follow.
Read more at atlasdigitalebarrierefreiheit.de
➡️ dormago.de | City of Dormagen: Avatar Enhances Digital Participation for Deaf Individuals
Dec. 3, 2024: City of Dormagen Collaborates with Multiple Municipalities to Promote Comprehensive Digital Inclusion
The City of Dormagen is participating, together with other municipalities, in the sign language avatar project to improve digital participation for deaf individuals. Using an AI-powered sign language avatar, content on municipal websites is translated into sign language to break down language barriers. The offering will gradually be expanded to include additional topics.
Read more at dormago.de
➡️ spd-herzogenrath.de | City of Herzogenrath: Avatar to Support Deaf Individuals
Dec. 3, 2024: Introduction of Sign Language Avatar to Assist Deaf Users on the Website
Since early 2025, the avatar has been in use, following its approval at the end of 2024 (see Applications 2024 - 025 Sign Language Avatar - Anträge 2024 - 025 Gebärdensprach-Avatar). The main reasons for implementing the sign language avatar include: enhancing user-friendliness for deaf individuals, providing information on municipal services in sign language, easy implementation and further development, cost efficiency and usability, and ensuring participation, inclusion, and social equity.
Read more at spd-herzogenrath.de
➡️ standort-niederrhein.de | City of Krefeld Improves in Smart City Ranking
Oct. 21, 2024: City of Krefeld Rises in Bitkom Smart City Ranking, Also Thanks to Sign Language Avatar
As the evaluation criteria for the Smart City Ranking are continuously adjusted to new technological possibilities and become more demanding, the city of Krefeld is working on developments across all categories. In the AI area, for example, an artificially generated, animated sign language translator – known as a sign language avatar – explains processes such as applying for an ID card on municipal websites. In addition, artificial intelligence is intended to provide support in addressing the skilled labor shortage.
Read more at standort-niederrhein.de
➡️ wz.de | How Smart Krefeld Is with Avatar
Oct. 14, 2024: City of Krefeld Proud of Its Improvements in the National Smart City Ranking
The city of Krefeld uses a sign language avatar on its website powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and plans to further expand its AI capabilities as the next step. In doing so, the city not only promotes greater digital inclusion but also continues to climb higher in the national Smart City Ranking.
Read more at wz.de
➡️ egovernment.de | Thuringian Municipalities Deploy First AI Applications
Oct. 9, 2024: Ilmenau and Wartburgkreis Among First to Gain AI Experience
In Ilmenau and Wartburgkreis, artificial intelligence is helping to improve the accessibility of municipal websites. A sign language avatar powered by AI is used to automatically translate any text into sign language and output it as a video. This eliminates the need for newly added content to be manually translated.
Read more at egovernment.de
➡️ City of Emmendingen | Participation & Support: Inclusion
Sep. 27, 2024: Inclusive Websites of the City of Emmendingen with Avatar
The City of Emmendingen is expanding its online offerings with accessible information in Sign Language, using a sign language avatar based on a modular system developed together with deaf experts. This system consolidates content from multiple municipalities and incorporates insights from the AI research project AVASAG.
Read more at emmendingen.de
➡️ regiotrends.de | City of Emmendingen with Sign Language Avatar
Sep. 27, 2024: Municipal Sign Language Avatar at the City of Emmendingen
An animated sign language avatar can present various content in Sign Language through a modular system – now also on the City of Emmendingen’s website! The modular system was developed by and with deaf experts. In addition to research findings, it is based on content contributed by more than 60 municipalities.
Read more at regiotrends.de
➡️ City of Fürth | Accessibility is a High Priority
Sep. 24, 2024: City of Fürth places strong emphasis on accessibility with new website portal
"It was very important to us that everyone can participate in and benefit from the new fuerth.de. Therefore, great importance was placed on accessibility, a 'Plain Language' section, and a so-called sign language avatar. However, it should be noted that we are still at the beginning with this offering and plan to gradually expand and improve it", says the Mayor’s Office and Press Department of the City of Fürth.
Read more at fuerth.de
➡️ filstalwelle.de | Göppingen County: Modern Design and Improved Usability
Jul. 17, 2024: Göppingen County launches new website with fresh design and sign language services
A highlight is the new sign language avatar, which allows deaf users to experience website content in sign language. This innovative feature underscores the district administration’s commitment to an inclusive and barrier-free online presence. District Administrator Edgar Wolff expresses his satisfaction and wants to ensure "that users can find exactly what they need in a clear and convenient way".
Read more at filstalwelle.de
➡️ Rhineland Regional Council (LVR - Landschaftsverband Rheinland) | LVR Avatar
Jul. 5, 2024: LVR Counseling Compass with information in sign language
In the sign language avatar video, featuring the LVR avatar specifically developed for the LVR, website visitors receive information in Sign Language about the key content and navigation of the LVR Counseling Compass at beratungskompass.lvr.de/index.html. In addition, the LVR has contributed numerous contents and citizen services/ OZG services to the sign language avatar modular system, which can be accessed by all modular system users – many thanks for this input. Details at baukasten.gebaerdensprach-avatar.de/releases
➡️ braunschweiger-zeitung.de | City of Wolfsburg: Website Nearly Barrier-Free
Jul. 3, 2024: Wolfsburg performs well in nationwide comparison for digital accessibility
Since 2024, the City of Wolfsburg has been using a sign language avatar to improve participation for deaf people. The digital accessibility test, in which Wolfsburg’s website achieved good results in a nationwide comparison, places particular emphasis on the fact that all offerings were reviewed by affected users, ensuring they are based on real user experiences.
Read more at braunschweiger-zeitung.de
➡️ waz.de | City of Essen: Full Score in Digital Accessibility
Jun. 27, 2024: City of Essen stands out positively in websites tested by people with disabilities
Since 2023, the City of Essen has been using a sign language avatar to enhance participation for deaf people. The digital accessibility test emphasizes that all offerings were tested by affected users, meaning the evaluation is based on real human experience. “As a city administration, it is very important to us that as many people as possible benefit from our information services. This also means making them accessible”, says city spokesperson Silke Lenz.
Read more at waz.de
➡️ leipziginfo.de | City of Leipzig invites to Digital Day 2024
Jun. 5, 2024: City of Leipzig showcases sign language avatar in its Smart City Lab at Digital Day 2024
Residents of Leipzig can experience exciting topics such as the digital transformation of cities and, specifically, Leipzig’s Digital Agenda at the nationwide Digital Day on June 7, 2024, in an interactive exhibition at the Smart City Lab. Among the highlights is the sign language avatar, designed to enable more inclusive communication and greater accessibility.
Read more at leipziginfo.de
➡️ City of Leipzig | Sign language avatar at Digital Day 2024
Jun. 5, 2024: City of Leipzig presents sign language avatar at Digital Day 2024 in its own Smart City Lab
Residents of Leipzig can explore exciting digital services offered by the city administration at the nationwide Digital Day on June 7, 2024, through an interactive exhibition at the Smart City Lab. Highlights include the sign language avatar, which enables accessible communication and greater participation.
Read more at leipzig.de
➡️ pfalzdigital.de | City of Kaiserslautern more inclusive for the Deaf
May 13, 2024: Greater digital participation on the city website with sign language avatar
Together with other municipalities, the City of Kaiserslautern is participating in the sign language avatar project to improve digital participation for deaf people. Recently, several videos in sign language have been made available on the city’s website, accessible via a dedicated icon in the header.
Read more at pfalzdigital.de
➡️ wochenblatt-reporter.de | City of Kaiserslautern improves participation for the Deaf
May 10, 2024: Sign language avatar: Greater digital participation on the city website
Mayor Beate Kimmel, Christina Horak-Hochreiter from the Department of Digitalization and Innovation, and Acting Department Head Uwe Schmeer are pleased with the new sign language avatar, which demonstrates that the newly established Department of Digitalization and Innovation is consistently and purposefully advancing innovative projects.
Read more at wochenblatt-reporter.de
➡️ City of Kaiserslautern | Avatar for greater digital participation
May 10, 2024: Sign language avatar now on the city of Kaiserslautern’s website
“As an administration, we have a clear responsibility to provide all citizens with good access to our services”, explains Mayor Beate Kimmel. Accessibility in the digital space is essential to achieve. “The participation of all people is very important to me and a personal concern,” she emphasizes.
Read more at kaiserslautern.de
➡️ City of Emsdetten | Working Together for a Smarter Emsdetten
Mar. 18, 2024: City of Emsdetten Lays the Foundation for a Sustainable and Technologically Advanced Future
As part of the 2024 action plan, approved and detailed for implementation in the city council meeting, the use of a sign language avatar on the city’s website has been planned to promote accessibility (see details in the City of Emsdetten Smart City Strategy – page 22). The deployment of innovative technologies is intended to enhance quality of life while strengthening inclusion and participation.
Read more at emsdetten.de
➡️ Municipality of Hemmingen | First Video with Sign Language Avatar Goes Live
Mar. 14, 2024: Municipality of Hemmingen Has Been Participating in Automated Text-to-Sign-Language Translation Since 2022
Since 2022, the Municipality of Hemmingen has been participating in the Sign Language Avatar project, which automatically translates text into sign language to make digital content more accessible for the deaf community. As of March 2024, the first avatar video is online, explaining the use of the citizen service portal in Sign Language. Additional videos on various topics will follow to further enhance accessibility.
Read more at hemmingen.de
➡️ City of Ilmenau | Further Development of the Sign Language Avatar
Mar. 5, 2024: City of Ilmenau Participates in the Further Development of the Sign Language Avatar
“The introduction of the sign language avatar in Ilmenau is just the first step. [...] By gaining hands-on experience with the prototype, we can provide the company with feedback for improvements and suggestions for further content development. [...]” says Ilmenau’s Inclusion Officer.
Read more at ilmenau.de
➡️ insuedthueringen.de | Ilmenau: Avatar in Action
Mar. 2, 2024: How the City of Ilmenau Is Making Its Website Accessible to the Deaf Community
The municipal sign language avatar is online! “Not perfect yet, but it’s a start”, writes Ilmenau’s Inclusion Officer in an Instagram post. The avatar, named Livian, is designed to translate content from the Ilmenau city website for deaf individuals and those who communicate in sign language. Even though Livian isn’t perfect yet, why is the city investing in the avatar? Read Jessie Morgenroth’s full article at insuedthueringen.de
➡️ news894.de | Grevenbroich Uses Sign Language Avatar
Feb. 5, 2024: City of Grevenbroich Aims to Strengthen Online Accessibility with a Sign Language Avatar
Using a digital toolkit, text can be automatically translated into videos featuring an avatar that presents the content in sign language. This makes it easier for deaf individuals to access online services. The first videos are already available on the City of Grevenbroich’s website – an important step toward greater inclusion.
Read more at news894.de
➡️ publicmarketing.eu | Grevenbroich Introduces Sign Language Avatar
Jan. 31, 2024: City of Grevenbroich Aims to Enable Greater Digital Participation for the Deaf Community with a Sign Language Avatar
The City of Grevenbroich is expanding its commitment to accessibility and is participating in the nationwide Sign Language Avatar project, which is designed to make digital information more accessible to deaf individuals. Using a modular toolkit, municipalities can automatically convert text into sign language videos and embed them accessibly on their websites.
Read more at publicmarketing.eu
➡️ schwaebische.de | Tuttlingen’s Digital Employee at Work
Jan. 31, 2024: City of Tuttlingen Takes Another Step Toward Inclusion
The range of videos in which information is translated by the sign language avatar is being gradually expanded: “The newest employee of the City of Tuttlingen is gender-neutral, has short brown hair, and wears a black shirt. And explains things – without making a single sound.”
Read more at schwaebische.de
➡️ wochenblatt-news.de | Tuttlingen’s Newest Support for Inclusion
Jan. 26, 2024: First Videos Now Available on the Website
The City of Tuttlingen is now using an AI-based sign language avatar that conveys information on the city’s website in sign language, providing barrier-free access for deaf individuals. The avatar is currently available for topics related to accessibility, with additional content to follow.
Read more at wochenblatt-news.de
➡️ City of Tuttlingen | Latest Support for Accessibility
Jan. 26, 2024: Tuttlingen Implements the Municipal Sign Language Avatar
“For many deaf individuals, even written text can feel like a foreign language”, explains Julia Braun from the City of Tuttlingen’s web team: “An avatar that translates information into the sign language most deaf people are familiar with is much easier for them to understand”.
Read more at tuttlingen.de
➡️ City of Grevenbroich | A Step Toward Greater Accessibility
Jan. 25, 2024: City of Grevenbroich Promotes Digital Inclusion with a Sign Language Avatar
The City of Grevenbroich is participating in the Sign Language Avatar project, which aims to make digital information more accessible to deaf individuals. With the new modular toolkit, municipalities can automatically convert text into sign language videos and embed them accessibly on their websites.
Read more at grevenbroich.de
➡️ rp-online.de | Brüggen Seeks a Local Sign
Nov. 30, 2023: Sign Language Avatar to Represent a Local Sign for the Municipality of Brüggen
The Municipality of Brüggen aims to make its website more accessible with the help of a sign language avatar and is searching for a suitable sign for “Municipality of Brüggen”. Residents who are fluent in Sign Language are invited to submit suggestions or present the sign in a video.
Read more at rp-online.de
➡️ heimat-info.de | City of Hemau Explores New Paths
Nov. 28, 2023: City of Hemau Breaks New Ground in Digital Citizen Information
The City of Hemau is participating in a nationwide pilot project focused on developing a sign language avatar. Using a modular system, the avatar converts website content into sign language; the first translated videos are already online. In the long term, the goal is to develop an AI-driven, dynamic avatar capable of automatically rendering any text in sign language.
Read more at heimat-info.de
➡️ City of Gronau | Sign Language Avatar Toolkit
Nov. 21, 2023: Sign Language Avatar – Digital Accessibility for Deaf Individuals
With the help of the modular toolkit – already used by more than 70 German municipalities as a digital solution to make their websites accessible for deaf residents – important information is gradually being made available as sign language videos. The toolkit enables users to generate sign language translations simply by assembling text modules, even without prior knowledge of Sign Language.
Read more at gronau.de
➡️ fdp-kerpen.de | Kolping City of Kerpen: Sign Language Avatar Up for Decision
Oct. 31, 2023: Kerpen Should Join Brühl, Grevenbroich, Paderborn, Lünen, and Rheine in Participating
The administration has been asked to examine whether the city should join the Sign Language Avatar project. The project aims to automatically translate text on municipal websites and within city-owned companies into sign language, which is then visualized by a 3D avatar.
Read more at fdp-kerpen.de
➡️ wochenblatt-reporter.de | Germersheim Becomes More Accessible
Oct. 14, 2023: Sign Language Avatar Makes Germersheim’s Website Even More Accessible
Heike Schwitalla: “More than 70 German municipalities use the municipal sign language avatar toolkit as the first digital solution to make their websites and online services accessible to deaf residents”. Germersheim’s mayor, Marcus Schaile, also emphasizes: “We have been part of the project from the start, and that fills us with joy and pride”.
Read more at wochenblatt-reporter.de/germersheim
➡️ tvaktuell.com | City of Hemau: Avatar Translates Website
Oct. 11, 2023: Avatar Presents Website Content for Deaf Individuals in Sign Language
“The intensive work on the pilot project ‘Municipal Sign Language Avatar’ over the past year has paid off: we can finally provide our deaf residents with access to our online services. Together with all project partners, we want to continuously expand the avatar and digital participation. We are excited and curious to see where this journey will lead in the future”, says Hemau’s Mayor Herbert Tischhöfer.
Read more at tvaktuell.com
➡️ City of Germersheim | Sign Language Avatar Toolkit
Oct. 10, 2023: Pioneering Together with Other Innovative Municipalities
“The sign language avatar toolkit allows us to quickly and easily create content in Sign Language and make it available on our website”, says Germersheim’s Mayor Marcus Schaile, who has strongly supported and driven this essential and valuable expansion of digital accessibility for deaf residents.
Read more at germersheim.eu
➡️ b4bmainfranken.de | Würzburg County Website Becomes More Inclusive
Aug. 4, 2023: Another Important Step Toward Digital Accessibility with a Sign Language Avatar
The Würzburg County is relying on a sign language avatar to further improve digital accessibility. Content is presented in Sign Language using a photo-realistic avatar that replicates gestures, facial expressions, and body language, making the county’s website more inclusive.
Read more at b4bmainfranken.de
➡️ City of Konstanz | Digitalization Gains Importance
Aug. 2, 2023: City Administration Looks Ahead to an AI-Powered Sign Language Avatar
Digitalization is becoming increasingly important in all areas of life, opening up new possibilities for communication. Looking ahead, the City Administration of Konstanz is focusing on an innovative sign language avatar powered by AI, which can convert text on the city’s website into sign language.
Read more at konstanz.de
➡️ schwaebische.de | Tuttlingen Welcomes an Extraordinary Team Member
Jul. 31, 2023: Deaf Residents Can Rely on an Avatar as a Translator
The City and County of Tuttlingen welcome an extraordinary team member: an avatar whose development they are supporting together with other municipalities. The goal is to remove digital barriers for deaf individuals and improve accessibility for people with hearing impairments on the city and county websites through the digital sign language avatar.
Read more at schwaebische.de
➡️ City of Tuttlingen | Participation in Avatar Development
Jul. 6, 2023: City of Tuttlingen Joins Other Municipalities in Developing a Sign Language Avatar
“Accessibility has been a focus for the city administration for many years. Some solutions already exist that enable better participation for people with disabilities. In the digital realm, accessibility remains the goal, and a digital sign language avatar is now set to further expand these offerings”, says the City of Tuttlingen.
Read more at tuttlingen.de
➡️ City of Augsburg | A Sign Language Avatar for Augsburg
Jun. 16, 2023: Latest Developments in Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence as Part of “Bits & Knackig”
The inspiring short presentation with a sign language interpreter and live stream by Reinhard Strobl, Head of Crossmedia Communication for the City of Augsburg, on the topic “A Sign Language Avatar for Augsburg” as part of “Bits & Knackig” for Digital Day 2023 is available as a video on YouTube.
Read more at augsburg.de
➡️ kommune21.de | Munich: Sign Language Avatar for Deaf Individuals
Jun. 1, 2023: City of Munich Translates Texts into Sign Language Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Without proper translation, deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals are often excluded from full societal participation. For this reason, the IT Department of the City of Munich is participating in the sign language avatar project, a collaboration involving avatar specialists, software experts, numerous municipalities, and the deaf community.
Read more at kommune21.de
➡️ City of Munich | Avatar for Deaf Individuals
May 11, 2023: A Sign Language Avatar for Deaf People
“The City of Munich is participating in the development of a municipal sign language avatar”, says Patrick Winkler, Web Management Team, IT Department, City of Munich. The goal is to break down barriers in digital communication, as sign language is the native language of deaf individuals. By pooling resources, the project aims to provide greater digital participation for the deaf community.
Read more at muenchen.digital
➡️ kommunal.de | City of Friedrichshafen Relies on Avatar for Deaf Individuals
Mar. 25, 2023: Photo-Realistic Avatar Guides Hearing-Impaired and Deaf Users Through City Website Texts
The City Administration of Friedrichshafen is using a sign language avatar that translates texts on the city’s website into sign language for deaf and hearing-impaired users. The human-like avatar features gestures, facial expressions, and hand signs, serving as a digital sign language translator. With this initiative, the city is a pioneer in accessible online communication.
Read more at kommunal.de
➡️ Munich County Office | Sign Language Avatar Offering
Jan. 19, 2023: County Participates in Developing a Service for Deaf Individuals
“Unrestricted access to information is a human right. Without translating written texts into sign language, deaf individuals are excluded from information. We want to prevent this and enable broader digital participation for everyone. I am therefore very pleased that we are participating in the development of this innovative technology […]”, says County Administrator Christoph Göbel.
Read more at landkreis-muenchen.de
➡️ wochenblatt-news.de | Friedrichshafen Offers Online Sign Language Avatar
Jan. 7, 2023: Sign Language Avatar Translates Website Content for Deaf Users
“Accessibility is a daily concern for us – both in the city, in public spaces and buildings, and online, on our city website”, says Mayor Andreas Brand, who aims to provide deaf residents with better access to the City of Friedrichshafen’s website content.
Read more at wochenblatt-news.de
➡️ wirin.de | Sign Language Avatar for the Rheine Website
Dec. 15, 2022: City of Rheine Uses Sign Language Avatar to Translate Website Content
“Our participation in this innovative pilot project is in cooperation with the Municipal ADV User Community West”, explains Mayor Dr. Peter Lüttmann: “It makes perfect sense for municipalities to work together on this task. It saves resources and pools knowledge. After all, all municipalities need similar content for their sites. Here, we benefit from the ‘One for All’ principle”.
Read more at wirin.de
➡️ da-hemauer.de | City of Hemau Expands Digital Offering for Deaf Individuals
Dec.14, 2022: Content in Sign Language to Enable Full Digital Participation for the Deaf
“We want our deaf residents to have access to our online services as well. We are happy to participate in this pilot project and take the opportunity to actively influence the development process of this avatar”, says Hemau’s First Mayor, Herbert Tischhöfer.
Read more at da-hemauer.de
➡️ speyer-kurier.de | Germersheim Advances Digital Accessibility
Dec. 13, 2022: City Promotes Accessibility, Inclusion, and Enhanced Participation
“Accessibility, inclusion, and improved participation are very important to us as the City of Germersheim. We are therefore very pleased about the opportunity to expand our digital offerings on the city’s website with a municipal sign language avatar for deaf residents”, says Germersheim’s Mayor, Marcus Schaile.
Read more at speyer-kurier.de/region/germersheim
➡️ rheinpfalz.de | Germersheim Website Introduces Avatar
Dec. 12, 2022: City Plans to Offer Sign Language Avatar on Its Website
Germersheim’s Mayor, Marcus Schaile, emphasizes that accessibility – including digital accessibility – along with inclusion and improved participation, is a top priority for the city, as is making online services available to all residents. A centralized translation system is being developed together with participating municipalities, allowing each to translate information for deaf users on their own digital platforms.
Read more at rheinpfalz.de/lokal/kreis-germersheim
➡️ pfalz-express.de | Germersheim Expands Digital Offerings
Dec. 12, 2022: City Website Introduces Sign Language Avatar for Deaf Residents
“Without translating written texts into sign language, deaf people are excluded. That is exactly what we want to avoid”, says Germersheim’s Mayor, Marcus Schaile, noting that written language can feel like a foreign language to many deaf individuals, since language is typically learned through hearing.
Read more at pfalz-express.de/germersheim
➡️ City of Sigmaringen | Participation in Pilot Program
Dec. 9, 2022: City of Sigmaringen Joins Sign Language Avatar Pilot
“We at the City of Sigmaringen are proud to be part of this pilot project and to take a step toward becoming a digital, barrier-free municipality for our deaf residents”, says Mayor Dr. Marcus Ehm expressing his enthusiasm.
Read more at sigmaringen.de
➡️ Municipality of Hemmingen | Digital Accessibility for the Deaf Online
Dec. 7, 2022: Making Website Content More Accessible for the Deaf with a Sign Language Avatar
“We are excited to be at the forefront of the important issue of digital accessibility”, says Mayor Thomas Schäfer: “We want to leverage digitalization to make communication with the municipal administration easier for all our residents”.
Read more at hemmingen.de
➡️ regensburger-nachrichten.de | City of Hemau: Expanded Digital Services for the Deaf
Nov. 30, 2022: Hemau Takes Steps to Improve Digital Accessibility for the Deaf
The City of Hemau is participating in a nationwide project aimed at making digital content accessible for deaf residents. Videos featuring a photorealistic sign language avatar are being produced, translating key information from the city’s website into sign language. Using a modular toolkit system, the goal is to enhance digital inclusion for deaf people and make content automatically accessible.
Read more at regensburger-nachrichten.de
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