Sign of the times: The app helping parents and children learn sign language

A new app is teaching children and their parents sign language, through the power of reading, writes Ciara McDonnell.

Sign of the times: The app helping parents and children learn sign language

A new app is teaching children and their parents sign language, through the power of reading, writes Ciara McDonnell.

It’s Friday evening, and the Whelan family are gearing up for a busy weekend of sport and family activities. Rebecca, aged 7, and her sister Gemma, 12, are full of energy, alternating between giving me a personal lesson in mastering The Floss (spoiler alert – I fail), and introducing me to StorySign, a new app from Huawei in partnership with the Irish Deaf Society, that Rebecca has been road testing since December.

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