Auslan Signbank

Spec sheet

Purpose

Auslan Signbank is a language resources site for Australian Sign Language, with a dictionary and information about the Australian Deaf community.Read 7 Oct 2026 · auslan.org.au

License

The site states that Auslan Signbank is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0.Read 7 Oct 2026 · auslan.org.au

Community feedback

Users can suggest corrections and additions or report a missing sign, and accepted additions can receive further community feedback.Read 7 Oct 2026 · auslan.org.au

Content contributors

The site says it is updated with information contributed by the Deaf community or derived from annotations in the Auslan Corpus.Read 7 Oct 2026 · auslan.org.au

Corpus connection

Signbank links to the Expanded Auslan Corpus so users can view signs used by different people in sentences and contexts.Read 7 Oct 2026 · auslan.org.au

Corpus scope

The site reports that the Expanded Auslan Corpus annotation files cover 357 movie clips, with annotations being added over time.Read 7 Oct 2026 · auslan.org.au

Dialect

A dialect setting controls the order of signs shown for keyword matches, putting the preferred dialect first when multiple signs match.Read 7 Oct 2026 · auslan.org.au

Dictionary search

Users can search by an English keyword or its first few letters, browse keywords alphabetically, and limit results by topic category.Read 7 Oct 2026 · auslan.org.au

Feedback limits

The site says it does not acknowledge receipt of comments or answer specific Auslan questions, and it cannot offer individual technical support.Read 7 Oct 2026 · auslan.org.au

Health vocabulary

Users can restrict sign searches to health-related signs; health and medical terms without a commonly used sign may have an Auslan video explanation.Read 7 Oct 2026 · auslan.org.au

History

The acknowledgements page says the first internet version of the multimedia dictionary launched in 2004 and that the current site is an expanded multimedia edition.Read 7 Oct 2026 · auslan.org.au

Learning limit

Signbank says it is not designed to be a stand-alone language learning tool and recommends interacting with Auslan users or attending a course.Read 7 Oct 2026 · auslan.org.au

Sign videos

The site includes videos of Deaf people using listed Auslan signs.Read 7 Oct 2026 · auslan.org.au

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Where Specifiction places it

• Sign Language Apps#18 of 347.7