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Researchers have developed a glove that teaches users Braille, all while focusing on unrelated activities. The wearable computer uses vibrating motors sewn into the knuckles, and was found to assist in developing motor skills in participants without focusing on the movement of their hands.

The internet has connected the world in ways previously unimaginable. Coupled with ever more seamless translation tools, it provides the ability to communicate across borders. Now, a new instant messaging tool is looking to make communication for speakers of different languages even easier.

LG HomeChat will allow users to issue commands and receive status updates from their smart appliances by texting them with simple, conversational language. According to the company, you will literally be able to ask your washer "What're you doing?" and it will respond just as a person would.

A new app will help you translate text messages that teenagers send to you.

British computer programmer Will Powell has created a prototype real-time translation system that displays subtitles for the interlocutor's speech in a language of choice.

Norwegian researchers have devised a new way of creating a child-like synthetic voice for children who are unable to speak.

Newly-developed software has been shown to pick out deceptive online reviews with almost 90 percent accuracy.

New apps for Apple devices help autistic children to communicate with other people.

In addition to the original English version, WikiReader users can now download any of 14 language versions of Wikipedia along with the virtual keyboards with characters to support them.

Converse is the name of a new app that will soon become available which is claimed to turn your iPhone into a double ended language translator – a multilingual, face-to-face instant messaging conversation.

Google has integrated virtual non-English keyboards into its search engine.

The technological age has seen new words such as 'tweet', 'Twitter' and 'unfriend' become common in the English language.