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Fingerspelling tool

All the letters of the English alphabet can be spelled on your hands. This alphabet - the "manual alphabet" or "fingerspelling" is used to spell out the names of people or places that do not have sign names. Use our interactive tool to practise your fingerspelling.

How to practise your fingerspelling

To use the tool you need to use a website browser that supports JavaScript and have JavaScript enabled/switched on. Before you can start using the tool you need wait for all the images to load and you see the 'OK ready to use' graphic. Once the graphic appears, either click on each individual letter to see an animation of that letter being spelt or type in a word or phrase and click the 'Go' button. To change the speed of the animation select one of the checkboxes - fast, medium or slow. When using the tool, pay special attention to the movement and handshapes shown in the animation as they are very important parts of fingerspelling.