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⚠️WARNING: NOT AT ALL ACCURATE⚠️
The only reason why this app has more than 1 star is because of its ease of use in comparison to other services, and it’s pay-once instead of subscription based like ASLDeafined.
I am an ASL student of 3 years, learning from first a licensed interpreter and then a Deaf teacher. While I am not at all an expert, I know my fair share, enough that I could converse with a Deaf person with ease. Because of this, I can say with confidence that many of the signs on this app are not accurate at all. And not just simple mistakes, like backwards hand movements or incorrect parts of the body, but signs that are nowhere like the real ones. For example, the sign the app claims means “cool”, which is normally signed with the thumb of a 5 hand touching your chest and wiggling the fingers, is actually the sign for apple, which is the first knuckle of an x handshape on the cheek. Or the sign the app claims means “about” is actually the sign for “area” or “park”.
If you’re looking to learn ASL, take a course at your local university or community college, learn from members of the community, or invest in ASL Deafined, a service by the Deaf community and interpreters for students.Show lessDraggingFish
Best ASL Sign App
I direct an Indigenous language revitalization department for my community and we apply ASL to what we teach. We use it every time we need to know the sign for a word. I would give it 10 stars if it allowed me to change the name for the signs from English to our own language and 20 stars if the lady in the video didn’t mouth the words in English. Also great that it doesn’t collect personal data.Show lesssamyouel
Seriously the best
I had an introduction to sign language as a kid and picked it back up when I had a baby four years ago. Sign language completely changed my relationship with him and his relationship with the world as a developing human. This app has been extremely helpful, user friendly and very convenient. Customer service is prompt and helpful. I appreciate youShow lessgooseyoga
Useful/ a little clunky
First of all, for under $10 this app is worth the price. However it is not perfect, it has a few glitches and the signing can be a little sloppy and unclear.
I like the quiz feature, good to practice sign recognition. Also I appreciate that there is an option to obscure the signers mouth as I found her mouthing the words to be distracting. Their solution is a little clunky and covers some of the signs but it works.
Overall this is one of the best apps for ASL I’ve found- I was a little torn if I should give it 5 stars based on that. But (and this is a big but) there is a lot that could be improved to make this app more functional.Show lesslamertje
Wonderful app
My son’s half brother is hard of hearing. We have been using this app to learn ASL so they can bond more closely when he goes to visit his dad. We look up words as we come across the need to use them, then quiz each other with our history of searched words. We have had a lot of fun with the quizzes, and our vocabulary is growing surprisingly fast!
It would be cool to be able to string sentences together and use those for quizzing too, but we don’t mind doing that outside of the app.
All in all very happy with the purchaseShow lesslaurensings
Great App. easy to use
This is a great app to have that anyone can learn from. It doesn’t matter if you are One or 99, they are made for easy understanding. It has almost everything you would need to learn or teach someone basic ASL that is so easy to do that it doesn’t feel like you are trying to learn it.just4us3
Saved my life ... really
My daughter took ASL in high school ... I didn’t know ASL. She was in ICU and ona respirator, couldn’t speak and could only sign with one hand. We communicated for several days this way. After her respirator was removed she had lost her voice but could then use both hands. We continued to sign and I expanded my skills. This app was amazing and worth every penny. I used the favorite feature to mark the most common signs and the letters that I always mess up.Show lessRobert_Stanley
Great setup but needs multiple saved lists
We pay 8 dollars and only get one list to save and test on . What if users want different lists for testing different set of words?
That is truly my only complaint . I love that you don’t have to go back to the list see a video on a nearby word you can do one after the other . Great app but if possible please add customizable saved lists . ❤️
Oh yea I like that I can blur her mouthing of the words 🙌🏾Show lessCEO André
Mediocre App
I read the reviews that gave this 5-stars and thought it would be worth the investment; however—I looked up the word “pants” which is in most beginner ASL books and there was no entry. I then looked up “clothing” and there was nothing. I found “clothes” and it worked, but you would think for the money that it would have synonyms, or even the category “clothes or clothing.” Nope! Also, when it demonstrates signing it is often from only one perspective, which at times can hide from view details of the actual sign. Also for “gray” they show only one version, which is different from the gray in the book: Signing Naturally- a very widely used ASL textbook for beginners. I think I was generous in giving this App 3-stars.Show lessJapanese Gakusei
THANK YOU! Best for studying!
I’m currently learning ASL for a student I have and this app is perfect for quizzing myself on the signs I’m learning in my online course. My other students will benefit from it as well. Best part is that it’s a one time purchase! With everything being a subscription these days it’s impossible to take your time without paying an ungodly amount of money for using something like this. This broke teacher truly appreciates it!Show lesssterlingangel
