For any questions or problems relating to any (technical, marketing, funding, creative) topic in the field of Signing Books, please feel free to contact us. It will be a pleasure for us to try to help you. Even if we do not know the answer to your questions (which will probably happen quite often), we might be able to help you by providing contacts to other people elsewhere in Europe who have already gained experienc in the area you are interested in.
The helpdesk can be contacted via
Tel. +49 (0)40 42838 6751 (voice) Tel. +49 (0)40 42838 6738 (text) Fax. +49 (0)40 42838 6109 email: helpdesk-sb@sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de
On the phone, we can answer questions in English and German.
In writing, you can send us questions in the following languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish.
We also have a video phone available. If you prefer to communicate by video phone, please drop us a note using fax, text phone, or email. We currently have people available to communicate in DGS (German Sign Language), International Sign, and ASL (American Sign Language). Upon request, we can arrange relais interpretation for some other sign languages as well.
For an introduction to and more general information about sign languages, deafness and sign language studies (culture / linguistics) visit the homepage of the Institut für Deutsche Gebärdensprache, Universität Hamburg.
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