{"type":"post","slug":"google-deepmind-sl2t-moves-sign-language-ai-toward-a-split-mobile-runtime","title":"Google DeepMind SL2T moves sign-language AI toward a split mobile runtime","description":"Google DeepMind introduced SL2T, a sign-language-to-text model starting with ASL-to-English on Pixel, with related social posts explaining benchmarks, privacy, and Deaf-community input.","retrieval_nugget":"Google DeepMind announced SL2T, a sign-language-to-text model reaching Android/Pixel product surfaces, starting with ASL-to-English on Pixel 11. The cluster includes a primary blog and official social thread with model claims, benchmark/privacy details, and Deaf-community input. This is a material accessibility AI release with concrete product consequences and no prior coverage match.","published_at":"2026-08-14","updated_at":"2026-08-14","record_date":"2026-08-14","date_kind":"published_at","topics":["ai","models","edge-ai","developer-tools"],"entities":["deepmind.google","x.com"],"editorial_format":"field_note","basket_id":"64af3bcb-1c2d-42a9-a664-91510a61d75a","basket_revision":1,"source_urls":["https://deepmind.google/blog/putting-sign-language-ai-into-users-hands","https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/1955645677943959647"],"schema_version":"newruntime-agent-readable-v0.2","stable_id":"post:google-deepmind-sl2t-moves-sign-language-ai-toward-a-split-mobile-runtime","status":"published","visuals":[{"role":"hero","src":"/images/drip/google-deepmind-sl2t-moves-sign-language-ai-toward-a-split-mobile-runtime/sl2t-sign-language-pipeline.webp","alt":"A privacy-aware flow from camera input through on-device pose landmarks to server translation and streaming text in Gboard and Live Transcribe.","caption":"New Runtime synthesis: SL2T separates on-device landmark extraction from server-side sign-language translation."}],"routes":{"html":"https://newruntime.com/posts/google-deepmind-sl2t-moves-sign-language-ai-toward-a-split-mobile-runtime/","markdown":"https://newruntime.com/posts/google-deepmind-sl2t-moves-sign-language-ai-toward-a-split-mobile-runtime.md","json":"https://newruntime.com/posts/google-deepmind-sl2t-moves-sign-language-ai-toward-a-split-mobile-runtime.json"}}