# Putting sign language AI into users’ hands

SL2T converts American Sign Language to text on Pixel 11 in Gboard and Live Transcribe, free, with more devices coming.

- The SL2T model was built jointly by Google DeepMind and Android teams.
- Development was guided by the Deaf community through the AI Sign Language Advisory Committee (AISLAC), a group of global Deaf organizations.
- Google plans to expand the technology to additional sign languages and sign language generation.
- The release is accompanied by a co-authored impact report detailing the technology's capabilities and limitations.

## Why it matters

Deaf users who sign ASL can now type on Android phones by signing, at no cost, starting with the Pixel 11.

## Sources

- [Google DeepMind: Putting sign language AI into users’ hands](https://deepmind.google/blog/putting-sign-language-ai-into-users-hands)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-08-12. https://dstilled.ai/story/edb49e77-67cf-4fa3-bf34-b75d15ec9eb1