A Deaf signer speaks fluently and visually, and therefore provide the best examples to imitate. Many videos on the internet are from people who are learning ASL and are not good examples of the language. There are some videos by CODAs or interpreters which are good examples.
Dictionary websites generally try to make one short video per word, and have the movements crisp and clear. Conversations between Deaf people use more than just words: puppetry, facial expressions, puns, contractions, and so on. There has never been a dictionary that held all the words of any single language because languages are changing all the time, and in different ways for each region. The best they can do is capture a majority of the common words for major areas.
Simple dictionary websites:
Examples of conversations or interviews:
Examples of Video Logs (Vlogs):
Examples of Interpreted videos:
Corroborative Print Sources:
This is a news website, sometimes with videos in ASL.
Vlog entry: Marlee Matlin On Deaf And Police Interaction
This is a Movie Production company's sales website.
Movie DVD: Legend of the Mountain Man by Mark Wood
Trailer for the film: The Legend of the Mountain Man - Trailer
This website uses .SWF (Adobe Shockwave Flash) video files. Modern web browsers will just download this file and you will need a video player like VLC (Video Lan Client) to watch them.
Main video list: Main Dictionary
This is an ASL vlog that sometimes has conversations with multiple Deaf.
Conversation video: We No Longer Change Diapers!!
This is a vlog that sometimes has interviews.
Interview video: I'm a CODA
Vlog entry: Deaf Awareness Week 2014 at Carmel High School
Vlog entry: ASL Etymology - AUTUMN FALL - ASL - American Sign Language
Conversation video: O Say, Can You See…? An Analysis in ASL (Subtitled in English) on Vimeo.com
Vlog entry: Plain old facts about the origins of ASL and My Opinions on YouTube.com
This is a public news website in Spoken English.
Interview video: Katie Mahr Deaf School and Students BEA
This is a Deaf Public School news website.
Vlog entry: "Ozymandias" ASL interpretation of English poem by student Dakota Ronco
Ken Davis hosts the Deaf Newspaper news broadcast.
Convesational video: An Interview with Sarah Davis - "Meet a Deaf Person"
YouTube videos: Deaf Newspaper
Dictionary videos: What's the Sign For...
Vlog entry: The Daily Moth on D-PAN.tv
Vlog entry: D-PAN Interview : Amber Zion - Actress on YouTube.com
There are over a decade of ASL video posts on this forum.
Vlog entry: Domestic Violence: The trilogy of women I met
Main video list: ASL group
This is a short word list with videos in the .MOV (Apple Quicktime) format. Modern web browsers will just download the .MOV file and you will need a video player like VLC (Video Lan Client) to watch them.
Video lists under: Dictionary menu
This is a Public School news website.
Vlog entry: FSDB Students Celebrate International Week of the Deaf
Movie production: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in ASL
This is a public news website that sometimes has ASL entries.
Interview video: Maryland School for the Deaf seniors reflect on graduating
About Jon Savage: Deaf Stars on Deaf Newspaper
YouTube videos: Jon Lenois Savage
Company videos: Lenois Productions
This is an ASL religious website.
Main video index: JW.org Library
Translated story: Matthew chapter 6
This website uses .MOV (QuickTime Movie) video files. Modern web browsers will just download the file and you will need a video player like VLC (Video Lan Client) to watch them.
The .MOV files are numbered sequentially, but referenced by each website word page. The Main Video List page uses a Frames window to load each page and keep the word list visible. To find out which numbered video belongs to a word, use each Alphabet Letter video page to find the actual website word page. The .MOV file link is in the HTML text (use Ctrl-Shift-I to show the Developer Tools in Google Chrome browser). It will be formatted like "videos/group1/sign_0003.mov" (Abdomen). The actual .MOV file address will formatted as below.
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/videos/group1/sign_0003.mov
First Alphabet Letter video page: Alphabet Letter A videos
This is a Deaf news website.
Interview video: Silent Memoirs- Life Stories from the Deaf
Vlog entry: Sinkhole Swallows Corvettes - February 20, 2014
This is a Deaf school news website.
Vlog entry with interviews: 2018-03-23 MS Panther News
Magician comedy act: Magic Show- Oregon School for the Deaf ASL
This is an English blog that references ASL Vlogs and poetry.
Blog entry: ASL - takes a licking but keeps on ticking
This is a Sports Drink public website that supports a Deaf athlete.
Vlog entry: Giving Thanks - Learning to Sign with Ashley Fiolek ep. 6
This is a theatre website that highlighted a Deaf production.
Vlog entry: DEAF JAM Post-film Discussion
This is a Remote Video Interpreter company's videos.
Interview video: "Deaf People: Tell Me More" featuring Claudia Gordon [cc]
Vlog entry: Deaf History Month: Martha's Vineyard
A Deaf signer speaks fluently and visually, and therefore provide the best examples to imitate. Many videos on the internet are from people who are learning ASL and are not good examples of the language. There are some videos by CODAs or interpreters which are good examples.
Dictionary websites generally try to make one short video per word, and have the movements crisp and clear. Conversations between Deaf people use more than just words: puppetry, facial expressions, puns, contractions, and so on. There has never been a dictionary that held all the words of any single language because languages are changing all the time, and in different ways for each region. The best they can do is capture a majority of the common words for major areas.
Simple dictionary websites:
Examples of conversations:
This site has an English word list with videos for each word in different Sign Languages.
Video list: Categoires
This is an Interpreter-focused website.
Vlog entry: Trudy Suggs: Deaf Disempowerment and Today's Interpreter
Vlog entry: Robert Arnold Augustus at TEDxIslay
Vlog entry: Light Up Gallaudet - Benjamin Bahan - TEDxGallaudet
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This is an ASL news website.
Vlog entry: o Replaces Interpreters, Company Claims -- ASL Community Disagrees
This is a Public News website.
Vlog entry: New White House receptionist is a West Wing pioneer: 'Deaf people can do anything'
Interview video: Community Conversations: The Deaf Community
Interview video: Community Conversations: Deaf Jam Poetry in the Deaf Community
Interview video: Audism: Understanding Its Meaning and Implications in the Deaf Community