Google DeepMind introduced SL2T, a multilingual sign-language-to-text AI model integrated into Gboard and Live Transcribe on Pixel 11.
Aug 12, 2026
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- SL2T is trained on over 100,000 hours of data across more than 50 sign languages
- Powers sign-to-text dictation in Gboard and Live Transcribe starting with ASL to English on Pixel 11
- Uses on-device MediaPipe Holistic landmark tracking for privacy-preserving pose estimation
- Achieved a zero-shot score of 70 BLEURT on the FLEURS-ASL benchmark