Dico Elix
Resource
Name of the resource
Dico Elix
Link
https://dico.elix-lsf.fr/
Target audience
For everyone
Objectives
Dico Elix aims to create a bridge between the French Sign Language and French to ease the inclusion of people with hearing impairment within the society. It also seeks to democratise the learning of French Sign Language to everyone.
Its use
Dico Elix works as a dictionary of French sign language. It’s updated on a regular basis. It offers signs as well as definitions of words in French Sign Language. Dico Elix also enables people with hearing impairments to learn how to read text, with the definition being translated in the two languages (French and French Sign Language).
Strong and weak points
Strong points:
- it gathers more than 21,000 translated definitions and over 15,300 signs.
- It’s also a reference in the learning of French Sign Language.
Weak points:
- it focuses only on French and French Sign Language.