I just start to learn ASL recently, am hard of hearing. I can sign some simple words now. I joined a great deaf daing site, ----Deafornot dot c om----, and met some good deaf/HOH friends over there. They help me to learn ASL.
I just start to learn ASL recently, am hard of hearing. I can sign some simple words now. I joined a great deaf daing site, ----Deafornot dot c om----, and met some good deaf/HOH friends over there. They help me to learn ASL.
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I'm deaf... Diagnose me cannot read your lips. ha ha if you wish learn some American Sign Laugnage skill. Just Go to university class. Teacher will never have you exaclty to keep point out of it. that's mean you're leaper of thought. limit mouth of point forward to the princple will warning not easy life. :)
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@ballettgirl4544 This is my question too... I know people who sign songs but they sign the meaning of the lyrics and not so much word for word. Bc ASL is not word for word English.
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Creo que es una muy buena entrevista es un gran personaje, yo tambien soy interprete de lengua de señas, queria comentarte que este video me sirvio para poder tratar de aplicar la informacion expuesta, aqui en nuestro pais.Y me gustaria que entrevistaras a keith wann que es otro gran interprete destacado y a el cual estoy seguro que podremos aprenderle mas. GRACIAS FELICITACIONES POR TU BUEN TRABAJO
Creo que es una muy buena entrevista es un gran personaje, yo tambien soy interprete de lengua de señas, queria comentarte que este video me sirvio para poder tratar de aplicar la informacion expuesta, aqui en nuestro pais.Y me gustaria que entrevistaras a keith wann que es otro gran interprete destacado y a el cual estoy seguro que podremos aprenderle mas. GRACIAS FELICITACIONES POR TU BUEN TRABAJO
So my dad send this video to me in an email and said he knows you. His name is Dave. Pretty awesome videos. I am fluent in ASL and I am an intpreter at a college in Hayward, CA. I am also an instructional assistant co-teacher in a way and we use ASLPRO.COM as well. I <3 that website. Anyway, keep up the good work.
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Hi I am a BSL interpreter originally from Calif doing ASL. I just wanted to touch on something you said. YOu said you rehearse to be able to make the signs the same each time. I just thought I would mention that varying the way you say it each time, using different signs, like 7 reasons hate you! maybe next time 7 horrible things hate about you or whatever, adds texture and colour to the language. I think you are good and my little girls LOVE watching your Miley Cyrus Party in the USA. !!!!
Stephen! Your videos really helped me with a project I am trying to do outside of the asl class room. My friend would like me to sign next to her as she sings "Everybody" by ingrid michaelson for a choir concert. I could really use some help trying to figure out the best way to present myself on stage in accordance with her singing... is that doable ? Like, would it be ok for me to be signing like I was "singing" a duet with her because I'm not an interpreter just like sing signing the song ?
Try trakax for video editing ..great program.. And ASL is a becautiful language, you can only sing with words, but with ASL you can sing and dance with your words..
I dont know sign language , just the alphabet ..and some words like emergency, and , red, a few others.
Hey. I think you are truly full of talent. This really means a lot to me. I would really like to talk to you about what you do. If there is anyway possible that, I would really like that. So let me know. Just finding a way to get ahold of me.
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@bananas4pets he basically says: a song gets stuck in his head he thinks hey this would be a good motion for this lyric/line looks up the song lyrics, pastes um into a word do, opens a translation site for words hes forgotten, memorizes and fixes synchronizing in Ivideo on his pc, akes him 10 or 15 times to get a video right than he talks about it being even harder to do miley cyrus 7 things
I can't stand when songs are just signed English but he actually signs the concept of a verse rather than just going line by line and signing English.
I use ASLpro sometimes but it rarely helps so I just ask my teacher who graduated with her Masters in ASL at Columbia University. I showed her his videos and she enjoyed them a lot so there can't be much wrong with them like you all are saying.
I like his videos and I think he does a great job and that's all that matters.
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You can call it ALMOST whatever you want, but this is not ASL. I'm not trashing you or what you do, but ASL is a language completely separate from English. To bring up ASLpro and piece together signs into linear strings of utterances is not ASL, not even close. Appropriate NMGS (Non-manual grammatical signals/facial grammar) tonal inflection within signs, and a plethora of other linguistic components are lost in videos such as these. Please, stop calling this ASL.
@italianjoey04 OMG, So what if he signs SEE is some of his videos, besides, if you actually watched some of them, he gets more and more ASl as he goes along.
@peafowl1994 I promise I'm not here to argue, nor am I trashing the guy... As I've stated in my first comment.
Your cutting remark about my 'actually watching them' shows you're defensive. Please, we can discuss this without getting too involved.
I'm not saying his videos are completely devoid of ANY ASL features. I'm just saying, what ASL is, used to be, hopefully will be, is something entirely different from what these videos are.
ASL is a deaf language. Music is a hearing form of expression. In order for the two to be combined, both will lose a little bit of their pure form. He's one of the best music interpreters on youtube as far as incorporating both in a way that makes sense to both cultures. My deaf husband, and myself being hearing, both LOVE him. Don't knock it until you can post better. When you do, send it my way. I'd love to see what you would consider better : )
@italianjoey04 Thank you!! I agree completely. If you want to sign songs or play around with language, that's fine, but it's frustrating to see something like this labeled "ASL" when it clearly isn't. It's even more frustrating knowing that there are many people watching these videos to try to learn something about ASL... it's hard to see ASL misrepresented like this. Feel free to watch/make any videos you want, but also look at videos of actual ASL and recognize the difference.
I just start to learn ASL recently, am hard of hearing. I can sign some simple words now. I joined a great deaf daing site, ----Deafornot dot c om----, and met some good deaf/HOH friends over there. They help me to learn ASL.
Eh, ASL Pro makes me kind of nervous... They use very little facial expression, which is ESSENTIAL for ASL, and some of their signs are just plain wrong. The way they sign "car" really makes me nervous because they use a classifier instead of the actual sign (in English, it would be kind of like arbitrarily substituting the word "thing" for the word "book". Asking people if they've seen your red thing would not be very helpful (and sounds kind of wrong in this context)).
That's not entirely true. The classifier generally used for car doesn't mean just any "thing". It refers to "car" quite often. But I generally will spell car if I need to show contrast between say a truck sitting next to it, or else just show like im driving the car.
@kash1123 My problem with ASLPro (or other websites) is that they don't take conceptual accuracy into account. If a person is trying to translate English into ASL based on the words instead of the concepts, they will not be correct. Further, ASL measures of degree (e.g., "slight improvement" vs. "drastic improvement") cannot be learned via the internet. If you are only using websites to learn the language, you will frequently be wrong and have no one to teach you the appropriate signs.
@gw002m ASLPro is a good website in my opinion. You can't expect a website to tell you exactly how to sign something. The great thing about ASL is that it is so open to individual interpretation. I think the average person could figure out how to tweak the sign IMPROVE to mean a huge vs. small improvement via facial expression and how much sign space it takes up. ASLPro is good for the basics that you as an individual can build upon. There is never just one way to express something.
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Lol thanks! You are great and I love watching you sign. My best friend is a coda and my sign is still really shaky.. So with watching you sign it makes it alot easier for me to connect signs with songs. I loved fireflies. =D Again thanks!
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I just start to learn ASL recently, am hard of hearing. I can sign some simple words now. I joined a great deaf daing site, ----@Deafornot dot c om----, and met some good deaf/HOH friends over there. They help me to learn ASL.
My fiancee is hard of hearing, and she went to Galludet. She laughed her ass off at his videos, and thought he did very well. Sign is never just about the sign but about body language and facial expressions as well. Both of which he captures pretty good. trying to sign everything exactly as the words are is pretty damn near impossible anyway.So ppl should just sit back and enjoy it. Life's too short to always find something to bitch about
@angeluscrzy Heh really? Because I'm a student at Gallaudet, and have only seen people laugh at these (and similar) videos and brush them off... very rarely do people ever send me a youtube video with accompanying compliments. And my friends are not ASL purists by any means.
He doesn't even do his own translations?? But uses a website signing dictionary to pick out signs - no wonder many of them are horribly out of context. He may be incredibly popular (I have no idea why), but he is NOT A GOOD SIGNER. Ask any deaf/Hard-of-hearing native ASL signer, like from Gallaudet University. They would laugh him out the room in a second. There are so many other far more talented ASL/sign performers out there (deaf AND hearing). Kudos to him for trying, though.
@paradoxied if you'd listened he said he uses the signing website thingy when he doesn't remember the signs from his classes...so likely he occassionally refers to it as any linguist would if they are having a harder time translating something.
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thank you so much. I used to be in plays and signed performances at ASU and at the Neumann Ctr at ASU , i was in "Silent Impressions Productions" and did "ONE" from Chorus line and "Hello Dolly"!! I then was in Silent Praise, a Christian group of signers to songs and did Amy Grant's 'Arms of Love" and Oh I love this so much and miss it. I used to be an Interpreter for the Deaf at the Univ. of Mich. hospitals too but was in a bad car accident in '02 and now i have nerve hearing loss & 2 aides!
@frontenginedragsterd hahah. that's funny. when he said he uses asl pro I thought, eww, I don't like aslpro. I like signing savvy. Then I thought about recommending it to him, but decided it didn't matter...
woah i use asl pro also.heyy i'm in asl 1 at my high school and i need to make a music video type thing..i also need any song ideas that are really fun and not hard to sign.can u please message me for song ideas?
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He is so awsome as a signer! He has a true talent of signing. He has helped me a ton because I'm homschooled and he was my language class. Love him and his work. I like the new songs that he has put up so much. He has an awsome mix for the songs that he does too. He's awsome!
Stephen Torrence is soo Cool!!! Hes is amazing with ASL I am in ASL class (im 14) and i had to do a song project and during the process I went to ASL pro and I watched his video to help me. :D way cool..
ASL browser has a lot of English signs instead of the American signs that ASL pro uses. I prefer ASL pro, but to each his own ^_^ hope to sign with you one day
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you use a camera.. Really, wouldn't have guessed most poeple use a camera to capture images. Some use web cameras oh wait no its still a camera.. a still picture camera? oh ya maybe but wait no still a camera... camcorder? first 3 letters... Cam... Camera i think this guys lame.
Apparati. :) Hehe.
learn2316 2 months ago
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He's too cute. I know.
EmeraldSky33 3 weeks ago
OMG i have that book! lol xD
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deafornot9 2 months ago
why the hell would you upload a video about ASL and not even have closed captioning for us Deaf folks? What a joke!
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deafornot7 4 months ago
my favorite part is at 1:08
ilovekeeganlovemebak 5 months ago
And here I was thinking you were British ...
dreamaboutchanging 5 months ago
that girl is reading pride and prejudice and zombies and that image isn't moving
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deafornot6 5 months ago
God, he looks like me teacher... that's not cool because that guy (the teacher) is probably a gay pedophile.
1313yeahboy 5 months ago
wait didnt he made the asl party in the usa video??
cpsolarim 6 months ago
@cpsolarim yes he did, you should check out the fireflies video, it's his best, in my opinion!
thelandofme 3 months ago
Dude I love your work and I'm not even deaf! Fan4Life!
thespiswolf 6 months ago 3
AHHH! Adorable face and cute voice!
metacrisis47 6 months ago
his voice is so different than what i expected!
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deafornot5 6 months ago
Stephen's interpretations are fantastic!
I'm getting into doing a few songs myself...check out my channel for my newest interpretation of "Secrets" by OneRepublic!
pacersfan191 6 months ago
at 3:03 you can hear him swallow, he is a really good person for what he does
21330010 6 months ago
@ME
I love this song
#1 is @ME
devgene 7 months ago
Woah. That is almost exactly how I thought you would sound.
hoppusdelongearegods 7 months ago
worst. asl. interpreter. ever.
pridekatzy 7 months ago
@pridekatzy Why do you say that?
emmashine4 6 months ago
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pridekatzy 6 months ago
@emmashine4 Tracy's reading a book. How can deaf people watch this video? I can't read her lips, too. ;-(
pridekatzy 6 months ago
was just so amazed how you get through the song by your hands. swell
parashuutists 7 months ago
are u death or u can talk
TheThuong7 8 months ago
I'm deaf... Diagnose me cannot read your lips. ha ha if you wish learn some American Sign Laugnage skill. Just Go to university class. Teacher will never have you exaclty to keep point out of it. that's mean you're leaper of thought. limit mouth of point forward to the princple will warning not easy life. :)
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deafornot4 8 months ago
So when you sign a song, you sign it in direct English and not in ASL form?
ballettgirl4544 8 months ago
@ballettgirl4544 This is my question too... I know people who sign songs but they sign the meaning of the lyrics and not so much word for word. Bc ASL is not word for word English.
emmashine4 6 months ago
I was in ove with this guy before, but now that i see him in a Portal shirt..... HE WILL BE MINE!!!n <3 <3 <3
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deafornot3 9 months ago
how come that little window in the bottom right isn't someone sign-interpreting what he's saying?
treesa200 10 months ago 37
@treesa200 Good point. Maybe because the "HowStuffWorks" people are to stupid.
FlowerPlanet 9 months ago
Creo que es una muy buena entrevista es un gran personaje, yo tambien soy interprete de lengua de señas, queria comentarte que este video me sirvio para poder tratar de aplicar la informacion expuesta, aqui en nuestro pais.Y me gustaria que entrevistaras a keith wann que es otro gran interprete destacado y a el cual estoy seguro que podremos aprenderle mas. GRACIAS FELICITACIONES POR TU BUEN TRABAJO
javierLSC 10 months ago
Creo que es una muy buena entrevista es un gran personaje, yo tambien soy interprete de lengua de señas, queria comentarte que este video me sirvio para poder tratar de aplicar la informacion expuesta, aqui en nuestro pais.Y me gustaria que entrevistaras a keith wann que es otro gran interprete destacado y a el cual estoy seguro que podremos aprenderle mas. GRACIAS FELICITACIONES POR TU BUEN TRABAJO
javierLSC 10 months ago
thats what im doing :D
hanfernparkour 10 months ago
goodbye signingsavvy, hello aslpro :)
HisBabyGirl1000 10 months ago
@HisBabyGirl1000 I used to use Signing Savvy too! I'm totally checking out this webstie now~
ChocolateHorsez 9 months ago
HEY THERE!
So my dad send this video to me in an email and said he knows you. His name is Dave. Pretty awesome videos. I am fluent in ASL and I am an intpreter at a college in Hayward, CA. I am also an instructional assistant co-teacher in a way and we use ASLPRO.COM as well. I <3 that website. Anyway, keep up the good work.
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skjono 10 months ago
Fabulous work Stephen. I'm hearing and just love your energy and committment.
shazrussell 10 months ago
"I hit up google" XD haha!
"apparat-I" :)
inspirational = you! <3
LiveWithNoRegrets95 10 months ago
i think what your doing is amazing...i am teaching myself ASL and what you do really did inspires me to keep at it..thanks :D
loka2456 10 months ago
On the bottom right. why is there a person reading the book?
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deafornot3 11 months ago
Watching your videos really made me love signing to songs, you really inspired me
southofheavn89 11 months ago
Hi I am a BSL interpreter originally from Calif doing ASL. I just wanted to touch on something you said. YOu said you rehearse to be able to make the signs the same each time. I just thought I would mention that varying the way you say it each time, using different signs, like 7 reasons hate you! maybe next time 7 horrible things hate about you or whatever, adds texture and colour to the language. I think you are good and my little girls LOVE watching your Miley Cyrus Party in the USA. !!!!
bslmelc 11 months ago
u have a really cute!!! =]
133053blanca 11 months ago
His voice is so cute, just like himmmm! (:
AlexusCatherine 11 months ago 2
this isn't set out to be offensive or anything, but my friends and i were wondering if hes gay or not?
WelcomingCone 11 months ago
At a quick glance of the small picture in the suggested videos column, I thought this was going to be a video of George Clooney teaching ASL.
potentialavalanche 11 months ago
... i didn't know you could...speak...hahahaha...sorry!(:
dubstepchick24 11 months ago 3
Stephen! Your videos really helped me with a project I am trying to do outside of the asl class room. My friend would like me to sign next to her as she sings "Everybody" by ingrid michaelson for a choir concert. I could really use some help trying to figure out the best way to present myself on stage in accordance with her singing... is that doable ? Like, would it be ok for me to be signing like I was "singing" a duet with her because I'm not an interpreter just like sing signing the song ?
Fishtaler 11 months ago
Try trakax for video editing ..great program.. And ASL is a becautiful language, you can only sing with words, but with ASL you can sing and dance with your words..
I dont know sign language , just the alphabet ..and some words like emergency, and , red, a few others.
theepilepsyguy 11 months ago
Hey. I think you are truly full of talent. This really means a lot to me. I would really like to talk to you about what you do. If there is anyway possible that, I would really like that. So let me know. Just finding a way to get ahold of me.
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deafornot1 11 months ago
He's wearing a Portal shirt. That makes him even more awesome than he was before!!
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deafornot1 1 year ago
Wow he's popular. I basically watched all of his videos when I found a JoCo song ASL by him. He is so awesome.
The facial expressions are almost perfect.
Aresftfun 1 year ago 2
you're a really cool person, stephen!
nice portal shirt by the way ^_^
HarmlessVampire13 1 year ago
he's soooo adorablee(:
shealeona15 1 year ago
How is this video not captioned?? It's about ASL, and I'm deaf. I'd like to see what he has to say....
bananas4pets 1 year ago 8
@bananas4pets he basically says: a song gets stuck in his head he thinks hey this would be a good motion for this lyric/line looks up the song lyrics, pastes um into a word do, opens a translation site for words hes forgotten, memorizes and fixes synchronizing in Ivideo on his pc, akes him 10 or 15 times to get a video right than he talks about it being even harder to do miley cyrus 7 things
aQuaSPLaSHLoVe 1 year ago
I can't stand when songs are just signed English but he actually signs the concept of a verse rather than just going line by line and signing English.
I use ASLpro sometimes but it rarely helps so I just ask my teacher who graduated with her Masters in ASL at Columbia University. I showed her his videos and she enjoyed them a lot so there can't be much wrong with them like you all are saying.
I like his videos and I think he does a great job and that's all that matters.
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rappintilley 1 year ago
You can call it ALMOST whatever you want, but this is not ASL. I'm not trashing you or what you do, but ASL is a language completely separate from English. To bring up ASLpro and piece together signs into linear strings of utterances is not ASL, not even close. Appropriate NMGS (Non-manual grammatical signals/facial grammar) tonal inflection within signs, and a plethora of other linguistic components are lost in videos such as these. Please, stop calling this ASL.
italianjoey04 1 year ago
@italianjoey04 OMG, So what if he signs SEE is some of his videos, besides, if you actually watched some of them, he gets more and more ASl as he goes along.
peafowl1994 1 year ago
@peafowl1994 I promise I'm not here to argue, nor am I trashing the guy... As I've stated in my first comment.
Your cutting remark about my 'actually watching them' shows you're defensive. Please, we can discuss this without getting too involved.
I'm not saying his videos are completely devoid of ANY ASL features. I'm just saying, what ASL is, used to be, hopefully will be, is something entirely different from what these videos are.
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SignLanguageLaura 1 year ago
@peafowl1994 I didn't read earlier comments
ASL is a deaf language. Music is a hearing form of expression. In order for the two to be combined, both will lose a little bit of their pure form. He's one of the best music interpreters on youtube as far as incorporating both in a way that makes sense to both cultures. My deaf husband, and myself being hearing, both LOVE him. Don't knock it until you can post better. When you do, send it my way. I'd love to see what you would consider better : )
SignLanguageLaura 1 year ago 6
@italianjoey04 Thank you!! I agree completely. If you want to sign songs or play around with language, that's fine, but it's frustrating to see something like this labeled "ASL" when it clearly isn't. It's even more frustrating knowing that there are many people watching these videos to try to learn something about ASL... it's hard to see ASL misrepresented like this. Feel free to watch/make any videos you want, but also look at videos of actual ASL and recognize the difference.
gw002m 1 year ago
omg so nerdy! but so cute!!!!!
queentamy1 1 year ago 4
He's so nerdy I love it! :)
X7r3m3X71N3 1 year ago 3
It's so weird hearing him talk... haha But it doesn't make him any less adorable. <3
lilaznpurplefreak 1 year ago 3
aslpro is pretty awesome. Also, very cool that he puts so much process into his vids.
maraschino38 1 year ago
Sooo Cute! I wanna merry him and never share ;-P maybe someday!
coreybuckler 1 year ago
soooo hott! I wanna meet him and I don't wanna share :-P
coreybuckler 1 year ago
Bah. Such a cute and talented gamer geek. Doesn't get better than a man who is talented, focused, geeky, and a gamer. :D
DestructoPop 1 year ago
YOU ROCK STEPHEN!!!!!
spicytacoish 1 year ago
he's so cute!!!
Jayd2110 1 year ago
He is just so adorable & so sweet!
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deafornot1 1 year ago
i think this guy is truly amazing
arpeelazaro 1 year ago
He's amazing!!!!!
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deafornot1 1 year ago
Eh, ASL Pro makes me kind of nervous... They use very little facial expression, which is ESSENTIAL for ASL, and some of their signs are just plain wrong. The way they sign "car" really makes me nervous because they use a classifier instead of the actual sign (in English, it would be kind of like arbitrarily substituting the word "thing" for the word "book". Asking people if they've seen your red thing would not be very helpful (and sounds kind of wrong in this context)).
kash1123 1 year ago 2
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That's not entirely true. The classifier generally used for car doesn't mean just any "thing". It refers to "car" quite often. But I generally will spell car if I need to show contrast between say a truck sitting next to it, or else just show like im driving the car.
mkelle23 1 year ago
@kash1123 My problem with ASLPro (or other websites) is that they don't take conceptual accuracy into account. If a person is trying to translate English into ASL based on the words instead of the concepts, they will not be correct. Further, ASL measures of degree (e.g., "slight improvement" vs. "drastic improvement") cannot be learned via the internet. If you are only using websites to learn the language, you will frequently be wrong and have no one to teach you the appropriate signs.
gw002m 1 year ago
@gw002m ASLPro is a good website in my opinion. You can't expect a website to tell you exactly how to sign something. The great thing about ASL is that it is so open to individual interpretation. I think the average person could figure out how to tweak the sign IMPROVE to mean a huge vs. small improvement via facial expression and how much sign space it takes up. ASLPro is good for the basics that you as an individual can build upon. There is never just one way to express something.
hapygcium 10 months ago
He's so hot!
phsyc0 1 year ago
Dig the Portal shirt.
acouplerandomblurbs 1 year ago
Uhhh... I am deaf and I wish this had captions... Yeah :)
JDLewisFilms 1 year ago 5
@JDLewisFilms Check out the transcriptions from the interview in the description. :)
CaptainValor 1 year ago
I love the songs... great job..I am LoveStuck! Would you marry me?
friza300 1 year ago
Dear Stephen Torrence, You're adorable.
CallingColeen 1 year ago 4
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MsJennybuck 1 year ago
Thanks for the advice ... ASL beginners class ... this is fantastic info!
kathydwilliams 1 year ago
it's exciting to hear your voice! haha
LaurinaAre 1 year ago 113
Will you marry my daughter?
keifert52 1 year ago
I really like him!! 素敵です!!Just amazing!^^
kanharu 1 year ago
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deafornot1 1 year ago
you are so hot
plantshit 1 year ago
a renaissance man!!! hahaha
totally jaw dropping!
i want to be like him!
fire08wind 1 year ago
Lol thanks! You are great and I love watching you sign. My best friend is a coda and my sign is still really shaky.. So with watching you sign it makes it alot easier for me to connect signs with songs. I loved fireflies. =D Again thanks!
Ternunda 1 year ago
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He sucks what a nerd
Iwalktheearth 1 year ago
@Iwalktheearth lol A guy who does music videos of Jonathan Coulton songs in sign language? A nerd? Preposterous!
queenoftatters 1 year ago
god you're so adorable :D apparati haha
AustinaCronk 1 year ago 4
i use the exact same process. i love aslpro.com. hes so fantastic.
undeadda 1 year ago
QTx1000
aeroplano 1 year ago
HE'S WEARING A PORTAL SHIRT!!!! SQUEEEE!!!! what an awesome ASL nerd! <3
PeterPanDisneyDork 1 year ago 4
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deafornot1 1 year ago
you are amazing! love it
Sbellusa 1 year ago
GEZZ !
andrewlujan 1 year ago
hes 22 and a college grad. O: cool!
HelloxHixWatsup 1 year ago
yeah pretty hot nerd. agreed.
stephn011 1 year ago 4
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Lydiaabbey 1 year ago
My fiancee is hard of hearing, and she went to Galludet. She laughed her ass off at his videos, and thought he did very well. Sign is never just about the sign but about body language and facial expressions as well. Both of which he captures pretty good. trying to sign everything exactly as the words are is pretty damn near impossible anyway.So ppl should just sit back and enjoy it. Life's too short to always find something to bitch about
angeluscrzy 1 year ago 95
@angeluscrzy Well said. I think he's doing a fun thing and people should just enjoy it and stop complaining.
KillHannahx 1 year ago 3
@angeluscrzy Heh really? Because I'm a student at Gallaudet, and have only seen people laugh at these (and similar) videos and brush them off... very rarely do people ever send me a youtube video with accompanying compliments. And my friends are not ASL purists by any means.
gw002m 1 year ago
@angeluscrzy "life's too short to always find something to bitch about" -- You sir, havent bet the trolls. but GREAT comment. <3
dragonmekill 9 months ago
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dragonmekill 9 months ago
he's the best : ) i like how when he talks, he uses his hands a lot too. taking an asl class, i do that now too : )
katelovesmark 1 year ago
You are so hot ...
Theclowcard 1 year ago
He doesn't even do his own translations?? But uses a website signing dictionary to pick out signs - no wonder many of them are horribly out of context. He may be incredibly popular (I have no idea why), but he is NOT A GOOD SIGNER. Ask any deaf/Hard-of-hearing native ASL signer, like from Gallaudet University. They would laugh him out the room in a second. There are so many other far more talented ASL/sign performers out there (deaf AND hearing). Kudos to him for trying, though.
paradoxied 1 year ago
@paradoxied if you'd listened he said he uses the signing website thingy when he doesn't remember the signs from his classes...so likely he occassionally refers to it as any linguist would if they are having a harder time translating something.
hotwaiter 1 year ago 4
woow the person who did this his name is stephen torrence.. like STEPHEN king and his book 'the shinning' the fathers name is jack TORRENCE
iluvviggo 1 year ago
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1 . Put your hand on your chest
2. Say who you love 4 times
3. Put your finger on your nose
4. Say his age 4 times
5. Copy and pase this on 4 other videos
6. Tommorow he will ask you out, say he loves you, or kiss you on the cheek
xoxmaddixox1 1 year ago
just found all your videos and you just bring a smile to my face watching you. I would love to meet someone like you in person.
Sexybeana1 1 year ago
thank you so much. I used to be in plays and signed performances at ASU and at the Neumann Ctr at ASU , i was in "Silent Impressions Productions" and did "ONE" from Chorus line and "Hello Dolly"!! I then was in Silent Praise, a Christian group of signers to songs and did Amy Grant's 'Arms of Love" and Oh I love this so much and miss it. I used to be an Interpreter for the Deaf at the Univ. of Mich. hospitals too but was in a bad car accident in '02 and now i have nerve hearing loss & 2 aides!
Suzydukettes 1 year ago
You rock, man. Thanks for all you do!
thespiswolf 1 year ago
yes he is so hot
LAW87KY 1 year ago 4
cool
lovebugsjo 1 year ago
@frontenginedragsterd hahah. that's funny. when he said he uses asl pro I thought, eww, I don't like aslpro. I like signing savvy. Then I thought about recommending it to him, but decided it didn't matter...
Pittmanrocks 1 year ago
He is still awesome but people who can't hear can watch the videos and SEE lol AWESOME
Bellababy130 1 year ago
whaaat? hes not deaf?!
kapoof2 1 year ago
woah i use asl pro also.heyy i'm in asl 1 at my high school and i need to make a music video type thing..i also need any song ideas that are really fun and not hard to sign.can u please message me for song ideas?
FlyWithMe9513 1 year ago
Stephen,
Good job! I enjoy seeing your works.
Keep on doing it.
You make ASL a cool things for kids to learn.
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jennydeafmatching 1 year ago
ASL Pro ftw
Topazful 1 year ago 2
AH
lmao
I love aslpro
PatronRick 1 year ago
Stephen you made me laugh so hard when i watched this ("excuse me, 'apparati' ")
stupidtakenusername1 2 years ago
haha apparati! That was hilarious!
alexadtr 1 year ago
He is so awsome as a signer! He has a true talent of signing. He has helped me a ton because I'm homschooled and he was my language class. Love him and his work. I like the new songs that he has put up so much. He has an awsome mix for the songs that he does too. He's awsome!
FreeStyleReiner1 2 years ago
...you do know they aren't his songs right? he just signs to them
nithuus 2 years ago
is he wearing his Portal shirt? =D <3
katelovesmark 2 years ago 2
Portal :D
didnt even notice :P
JoeyTandAmpKid 2 years ago
Hey,we get to hear his voice,lol!He still talks with his hands even when he's not signing,lol.;-)
KRSONMar 2 years ago
Yah he does. :)
Because he is very fluent (Not sure how to spell) in signing
if you notice his hearing aid, helps him hear. :)
nicoleakashawty187 2 years ago
thats an earpiece so he can hear the girl asking the questions.
he also has a neck-mic, doesnt mean he has a problem with his throat..
060515657 2 years ago
Really?His profile says he's Hearing...?
KRSONMar 2 years ago
Captions, dearie?
sign4uall 2 years ago
@sign4uall there's a link to the transcription of the interview in the vid's description :P
giraffesarereal 2 years ago
Stephen Torrence is soo Cool!!! Hes is amazing with ASL I am in ASL class (im 14) and i had to do a song project and during the process I went to ASL pro and I watched his video to help me. :D way cool..
Bellababy130 2 years ago
Ah, but if he is working with ASL, one would hope his video is captioned so those of us who cannot hear can have an idea of what's being said.
sign4uall 2 years ago 2
soooo cute!!
mcabrera88 2 years ago
I love the portal T - Shirt =D
x5pyd3rx 2 years ago
dear stephen, youre adorable. thanks for doing this. love, amb and mev
ambordi 2 years ago 2
do re mi fa so so so so so so HOT!!!!!
jobrosfanfrmindia 2 years ago 6
hottest nerd ever!
elliottcnc 2 years ago 144
I totally agree
zashleyrox211 2 years ago 2
@elliottcnc hes not a nerd XD why do you call him a nerd XD
onieross90 1 year ago
ASL browser has a lot of English signs instead of the American signs that ASL pro uses. I prefer ASL pro, but to each his own ^_^ hope to sign with you one day
shawt192 2 years ago 3
apparatus/apparati---I totally need to marry him
megssiobhan 2 years ago 87
Wow... Your amazing... I am going to be an interpreter when I grow up (I am 14) I am in ASL class and I love your videos! <3 :))
Bellababy130 2 years ago 2
I wish I'd started that early!!!!(i'm 17 and it gets tougher to learn a language the later you start) GO YOU!!! Keep at it!!
shawt192 2 years ago 2
YOU ARE SO CUTE
Xx4Sarah4xX 2 years ago 6
Bravo!
Ameliemichelle 2 years ago
PLEASE CLOSE CAPTION THIS VIDEO! Argh. I know you can read it elsewhere, but [CC] would be so much better.
Banerika 2 years ago 2
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you use a camera.. Really, wouldn't have guessed most poeple use a camera to capture images. Some use web cameras oh wait no its still a camera.. a still picture camera? oh ya maybe but wait no still a camera... camcorder? first 3 letters... Cam... Camera i think this guys lame.
tacticalnudge 2 years ago