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Re:The Covid Zoom Boom Is Reshaping Sign Language by hibbelig on Friday February 26, 2021 @11:59AM (#26276903)
> _Why use sign language on platforms where text is accessible?_

I'm not an expert, but I suppose that text is a foreign language to those born deaf. They might prefer to communicate in their native language.

(But if someone has lost their hearing after learning to read and write, then it would be different.)

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Re:The Covid Zoom Boom Is Reshaping Sign Language by kevin_thibedeau on Friday February 26, 2021 @09:16PM (#26282072)
Sign languages can convey information more compactly than a textual description. Objects can be given spatial relations that requires (relatively) elaborate descriptions with text.
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