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We present Large Sign Language Models (LSLM), a novel framework for translating 3D American Sign Language (ASL) by leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) as the backbone, which can benefit hearing-impaired individuals' virtual…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Sen Zhang , Xiaoxiao He , Di Liu , Zhaoyang Xia , Mingyu Zhao , Chaowei Tan , Vivian Li , Bo Liu , Dimitris N. Metaxas , Mubbasir Kapadia

This paper investigates RF-based system for automatic American Sign Language (ASL) recognition. We consider radar for ASL by joint spatio-temporal preprocessing of radar returns using time frequency (TF) analysis and high-resolution receive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-01 Gavin MacLaughlin , Jack Malcolm , Syed Ali Hamza

This paper employs a multimodal approach for continuous sign recognition by first using ML for detecting the start and end frames of signs in videos of American Sign Language (ASL) sentences, and then by recognizing the segmented signs. For…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-08 Mingyu Zhao , Zhanfu Yang , Yang Zhou , Zhaoyang Xia , Can Jin , Xiaoxiao He , Dimitris N. Metaxas

Tremendous headway has been made in the field of 3D hand pose estimation but the 3D depth cameras are usually inaccessible. We propose a model to recognize American Sign Language alphabet from RGB images. Images for the training were…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-05 Nikhil Kasukurthi , Brij Rokad , Shiv Bidani , Aju Dennisan

Vision-based sign language recognition aims at helping deaf people to communicate with others. However, most existing sign language datasets are limited to a small number of words. Due to the limited vocabulary size, models learned from…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Dongxu Li , Cristian Rodriguez Opazo , Xin Yu , Hongdong Li

This project is centered around building a neural network that is able to recognize ASL letters in images, particularly within the scope of a live video feed. Initial testing results came up short of expectations when both the convolutional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-30 Kyle Boone , Ben Wurster , Seth Thao , Yu Hen Hu

We introduce a goal-oriented conversational AI system enhanced with American Sign Language (ASL) instructions, presenting the first implementation of such a system on a worldwide multimodal conversational AI platform. Accessible through a…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Mert İnan , Katherine Atwell , Anthony Sicilia , Lorna Quandt , Malihe Alikhani

Signed Language Processing (SLP) concerns the automated processing of signed languages, the main means of communication of Deaf and hearing impaired individuals. SLP features many different tasks, ranging from sign recognition to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Federico Tavella , Viktor Schlegel , Marta Romeo , Aphrodite Galata , Angelo Cangelosi

In the realm of multimodal communication, sign language is, and continues to be, one of the most understudied areas. In line with recent advances in the field of deep learning, there are far reaching implications and applications that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-21 Vivek Bheda , Dianna Radpour

Word-level sign language recognition (WSLR) has attracted attention because it is expected to overcome the communication barrier between people with speech impairment and those who can hear. In the WSLR problem, a method designed for action…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-21 Mizuki Maruyama , Shrey Singh , Katsufumi Inoue , Partha Pratim Roy , Masakazu Iwamura , Michifumi Yoshioka

Sign language, which conveys meaning through gestures, is the chief means of communication among deaf people. Recognizing sign language in natural settings presents significant challenges due to factors such as lighting, background clutter,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-25 Bowen Shi

Fingerspelling is a critical part of American Sign Language (ASL) recognition and has become an accessible optional text entry method for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) individuals. In this paper, we introduce SpellRing, a single smart ring…

Recent advancements in bio-inspired visual sensing and neuromorphic computing have led to the development of various highly efficient bio-inspired solutions with real-world applications. One notable application integrates event-based…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-02 Ria Patel , Sujit Tripathy , Zachary Sublett , Seoyoung An , Riya Patel

Sign languages are essential for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) community. Sign language generation systems have the potential to support communication by translating from written languages, such as English, into signed videos. However,…

This paper proposes an attentional network for the task of Continuous Sign Language Recognition. The proposed approach exploits co-independent streams of data to model the sign language modalities. These different channels of information…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-13 Fares Ben Slimane , Mohamed Bouguessa

Sign language recognition could significantly improve the user experience for d/Deaf people with the general consumer technology, such as IoT devices or videoconferencing. However, current sign language recognition architectures are usually…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-04 Matyáš Boháček , Zhuo Cao , Marek Hrúz

Vision-based deep learning models can be promising for speech-and-hearing-impaired and secret communications. While such non-verbal communications are primarily investigated with hand-gestures and facial expressions, no research endeavour…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Abtahi Ishmam , Mahmudul Hasan , Md. Saif Hassan Onim , Koushik Roy , Md. Akiful Haque Akif , Hussain Nyeem

Helping deaf and hard-of-hearing people communicate more easily is the main goal of Automatic Sign Language Translation. Although most past research has focused on turning sign language into text, doing the reverse, turning spoken English…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Kazi Mahathir Rahman , Naveed Imtiaz Nafis , Md. Farhan Sadik , Mohammad Al Rafi , Mehedi Hasan Shahed

This paper presents a system which can recognise hand poses & gestures from the Indian Sign Language (ISL) in real-time using grid-based features. This system attempts to bridge the communication gap between the hearing and speech impaired…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-26 Kartik Shenoy , Tejas Dastane , Varun Rao , Devendra Vyavaharkar

Sign Languages are expressed through hand and upper body gestures as well as facial expressions. Therefore, Sign Language Recognition (SLR) needs to focus on all such cues. Previous work uses hand-crafted mechanisms or network aggregation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-30 Çağrı Gökçe , Oğulcan Özdemir , Ahmet Alp Kındıroğlu , Lale Akarun