No, it is free to search signs in any language if you are on free membership.

You can choose any time to pay and upgrade to standard membership to access more useful tools to help you learn. You can also change your mind and return to free membership any time.

We understand that SignHow can be useful for many people and easier to use one resource to learn a language (for example, Duolingo for spoken languages). 

Since sign languages are such complex languages, our team at SignHow still strongly encourage you to also complement this resource with Deaf sign language teachers and by being involved in your local Deaf community in different ways such as sign language courses, events, workshops and volunteering. The best way to improve your language, skill and understanding is by meeting and engaging with other Deaf people. 

SignHow will help you develop your language skills faster by having exposure (and receptive practice) to the variety of signs seen and used in different deaf communities across one sign language. Who knows, you might meet a few people from SignHow in your local community events!

If you are Deaf, fluent in Auslan, please email hello@signhow.co, or go to Contact Us. Please introduce yourself with your name and location - and we will get back to you to discuss the next steps! We are in particular interested in capturing older generational Auslan signs that are rarely used today. 

If you are hearing and have suggestions on how to improve signs on SignHow, please contact us first to discuss how you can assist our co-founders and team. 

Yes! This is a community sign resource, so there may be some signs that need improving. Our team and deaf community members on SignHow are keen to take on feedback and improve these signs and spelling from other Deaf community members. This is how we believe we can make a most accurate resource for you. Just like Wikipedia.

Type of feedback you can consider include:

After we receive and assess the feedback, we will follow up with you to discuss how we can improve the signs and English spelling on SignHow so that it is more accurate and clear for everyone to learn from.

At SignHow, there are a few ways that you can help if you are not familiar with the Deaf community. At SignHow, we are always open to suggestions on how we can improve and be inclusive for everyone.  First, please have a look at our process of how we add signs onto SignHow. Then please contact us and we will make time with you to discuss how you can help. 

Soon!

Right now, we are focused on building a comprehensive resource in Auslan. 

At the moment, there is 7,500 Auslan signs recorded in clear educational formats, but it’s estimated that there are approximately over 50,000 Auslan signs - just not recorded or on one platform! Once we achieve this goal with SignHow, we will work with other languages, ensuring that the Deaf communities can access signs in their own languages. This is a very big project, and we thank you for your patience and support while we work hard to make this happen as soon as we can!

Yes! Please contact us here and share with us your ideas!