iSign
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/isign/id288858200?mt=8
iSign is an ANIMATED phrase book of 800 American Sign Language (ASL) gestures. This includes basic signs in areas such as: feelings, things around the house, numbers, colors, shapes, school, sports, etc. (There is a lite version of this program, iSign Lite, which only contains 25 signs available in the app store.) Signs can be sorted alphabetically or categorically. There are favorites, a search function, and a quiz mode.
Each sign or phrase is modeled with a 3D character and completely animated. A video of iSign can be seen at http://iDev2.com/iSign-new.mp4 . An article that describes the origin of this app is also available online.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later
An article about the use of iSign appeared in the Fall, 2011 edition of the Montana School for the Deaf & Blind Express (http://msdb.mt.gov/express/ExpressFall11.pdf). Romsey Foote, a parent whose son receives Outreach services from MSDB wrote:
“iSign has been a phenomenal way to increase our signing vocabulary. For 3 years my family and I would look up words in signing books, watch DVD’s and occasionally watch a speech therapist interact with our son. I am embarrassed to say, progress was slow. Then there was iSign. Within the first month of getting the iPod touch and downloading the iSign app, my son had broken his arm. While waiting for the doctor to cast his arm we looked up words under the Health and medical Category. We looked up the words, found the matching nouns, then spoke, signed and finger spelled them. In one hour we learned 25 words. Even the children who haven’t taken an active role in learning sign language find it entertaining to look up words and test Mom’s ability to get it right. My nine year old son is now putting sentences together and looking up words to communicate. Taking the guesswork out of how ASL words are to be signed, iSign built our vocabulary and confidence level. It became a pocket size, 24/7 virtual tutor, for less than $10, apart from the price of the iPod touch. our “tutor” is at our beck and call, available and ready anytime we have a spare moment.”
very nice article on isign, i am now using the app