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Isolated Sign Language Recognition (ISLR) is crucial for scalable sign language technology, yet language-specific approaches limit current models. To address this, we propose a one-shot learning approach that generalises across languages…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-02-28 Toon Vandendriessche , Mathieu De Coster , Annelies Lejon , Joni Dambre

Language models for American Sign Language (ASL) could make language technologies substantially more accessible to those who sign. To train models on tasks such as isolated sign recognition (ISR) and ASL-to-English translation, datasets…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Lee Kezar , Nidhi Munikote , Zian Zeng , Zed Sehyr , Naomi Caselli , Jesse Thomason

We are releasing a dataset containing videos of both fluent and non-fluent signers using American Sign Language (ASL), which were collected using a Kinect v2 sensor. This dataset was collected as a part of a project to develop and evaluate…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-07-11 Saad Hassan , Matthew Seita , Larwan Berke , Yingli Tian , Elaine Gale , Sooyeon Lee , Matt Huenerfauth

This research explores using lightweight deep neural network architectures to enable the humanoid robot Pepper to understand American Sign Language (ASL) and facilitate non-verbal human-robot interaction. First, we introduce a lightweight…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-02 JongYoon Lim , Inkyu Sa , Bruce MacDonald , Ho Seok Ahn

Arabic Sign Language (ArSL) is an essential communication method for individuals in the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community. However, existing recognition systems face significant challenges due to their reliance on single sensor approaches…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Ghadeer Alanazi , Abir Benabid

In this research, we present our findings to recognize American Sign Language from series of hand gestures. While most researches in literature focus only on static handshapes, our work target dynamic hand gestures. Since dynamic signs…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-26 Nguyen Huu Phong , Bernardete Ribeiro

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

Sign language recognition (SLR) facilitates communication between deaf and hearing individuals. Deep learning is widely used to develop SLR-based systems; however, it is computationally intensive and requires substantial computational…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-24 Nitin Kumar Singh , Arie Rachmad Syulistyo , Yuichiro Tanaka , Hakaru Tamukoh

Automatic sign language recognition (SLR) has become a key enabler of inclusive human-computer interaction, fostering seamless communication between deaf individuals and hearing communities. Despite significant advances in multimodal…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Xiaofang Xiao , Guangchao Li , Guangrong Zhao , Qi Lin , Wen Ma , Hongkai Wen , Yanxiang Wang , Yiran Shen

Running automatic speech recognition (ASR) on edge devices is non-trivial due to resource constraints, especially in scenarios that require supporting multiple languages. We propose a new approach to enable multilingual speech recognition…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Sangeeta Ghangam , Daniel Whitenack , Joshua Nemecek

The Arabic Sign Language has endorsed outstanding research achievements for identifying gestures and hand signs using the deep learning methodology. The term "forms of communication" refers to the actions used by hearing-impaired people to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-14 Rady El Rwelli , Osama R. Shahin , Ahmed I. Taloba

Sign languages are used as a primary language by approximately 70 million D/deaf people world-wide. However, most communication technologies operate in spoken and written languages, creating inequities in access. To help tackle this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Aashaka Desai , Lauren Berger , Fyodor O. Minakov , Vanessa Milan , Chinmay Singh , Kriston Pumphrey , Richard E. Ladner , Hal Daumé , Alex X. Lu , Naomi Caselli , Danielle Bragg

Sign language recognition and translation technologies have the potential to increase access and inclusion of deaf signing communities, but research progress is bottlenecked by a lack of representative data. We introduce a new resource for…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-03 Lee Kezar , Elana Pontecorvo , Adele Daniels , Connor Baer , Ruth Ferster , Lauren Berger , Jesse Thomason , Zed Sevcikova Sehyr , Naomi Caselli

Nowadays, speech is becoming a more common, if not standard, interface to technology. This can be seen in the trend of technology changes over the years. Increasingly, voice is used to control programs, appliances and personal devices…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-09-10 Abraham Glasser

Automatic speech processing systems are employed more and more often in real environments. Although the underlying speech technology is mostly language independent, differences between languages with respect to their structure and grammar…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2012-03-20 A. M. Riad , Hamdy K. Elmonier , Samaa. M. Shohieb , A. S. Asem

Automatic speech recognition (ASR) has been an essential component of computer assisted language learning (CALL) and computer assisted language testing (CALT) for many years. As this technology continues to develop rapidly, it is important…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Michael McGuire

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

For d/Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people, captioning is an essential accessibility tool. Significant developments in artificial intelligence (AI) mean that Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) is now a part of many popular applications.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-30 Korbinian Kuhn , Verena Kersken , Benedikt Reuter , Niklas Egger , Gottfried Zimmermann

Emotional voice communication plays a crucial role in effective daily interactions. Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) individuals often rely on facial expressions to supplement sign language to convey emotions, as the use of voice is limited.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Hyunchul Lim , Minghan Gao , Franklin Mingzhe Li , Nam Anh Dang , Ianip Sit , Michelle M Olson , Cheng Zhang

American Sign Language recognition is a difficult gesture recognition problem, characterized by fast, highly articulate gestures. These are comprised of arm movements with different hand shapes, facial expression and head movements. Among…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-20 Al Amin Hosain , Panneer Selvam Santhalingam , Parth Pathak , Huzefa Rangwala , Jana Kosecka