{"id":214671,"date":"2026-05-15T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/north-texas-teens-build-ai-tool-to-translate-sign-language-in-real-time-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:35:08","slug":"north-texas-teens-build-ai-tool-to-translate-sign-language-in-real-time-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/north-texas-teens-build-ai-tool-to-translate-sign-language-in-real-time-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"North Texas teens build AI tool to translate sign language in real time \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/north-texas-teens-build-ai-tool-translate-sign-language-real-time\/4024875\/\">North Texas teens build AI tool to translate sign language in real time \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/north-texas-teens-build-ai-tool-translate-sign-language-real-time\/4024875\/\">https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/north-texas-teens-build-ai-tool-translate-sign-language-real-time\/4024875\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-15 18:49:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.nbcdfw.com\">www.nbcdfw.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High school seniors Shiven Velagapudi and Aadi Sanghvi developed an AI program called Hand Wave to translate American Sign Language in real time.<\/li>\n<li>The AI project, created in a home office, uses machine learning to interpret ASL signs shown on smart glasses with integrated cameras.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative was sparked by personal connections: Sanghvi&#8217;s uncle uses ASL, while Velagapudi&#8217;s father experienced hearing loss in one ear.<\/li>\n<li>The duo intends for their technology to bridge divides and enhance understanding within the ASL community.<\/li>\n<li>With additional time and funding, they envision expanding the project beyond their home lab into a usable prototype.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Texas teens build AI tool to translate sign language in real time \u2013 NBC&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.nbcdfw.com\/2026\/05\/teens-asl-translator-application.png?resize=1200%2C675&quality=85&strip=all","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214673,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214671\/revisions\/214673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}