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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

Accurate recognition and interpretation of sign language are crucial for enhancing communication accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. However, current approaches of Isolated Sign Language Recognition (ISLR) often face…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Karina Kvanchiani , Roman Kraynov , Elizaveta Petrova , Petr Surovcev , Aleksandr Nagaev , Alexander Kapitanov

Sign Language Recognition (SLR) systems aim to be embedded in video stream platforms to recognize the sign performed in front of a camera. SLR research has taken advantage of recent advances in pose estimation models to use skeleton…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-13 David Laines , Gissella Bejarano , Miguel Gonzalez-Mendoza , Gilberto Ochoa-Ruiz

Sign language is commonly used by deaf or mute people to communicate but requires extensive effort to master. It is usually performed with the fast yet delicate movement of hand gestures, body posture, and even facial expressions. Current…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-13 Songyao Jiang , Bin Sun , Lichen Wang , Yue Bai , Kunpeng Li , Yun Fu

Effective communication is paramount for the inclusion of deaf individuals in society. However, persistent communication barriers due to limited Sign Language (SL) knowledge hinder their full participation. In this context, Sign Language…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Carlos Eduardo G. R. Alves , Francisco de Assis Boldt , Thiago M. Paixão

Sign languages are visual languages using manual articulations and non-manual elements to convey information. For sign language recognition and translation, the majority of existing approaches directly encode RGB videos into hidden…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-24 Yutong Chen , Ronglai Zuo , Fangyun Wei , Yu Wu , Shujie Liu , Brian Mak

The recognition of sign language is a challenging task with an important role in society to facilitate the communication of deaf persons. We propose a new approach of Spatial-Temporal Graph Convolutional Network to sign language recognition…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-21 Cleison Correia de Amorim , David Macêdo , Cleber Zanchettin

Sign language recognition (SLR) plays a crucial role in bridging the communication gap between the hearing and vocally impaired community and the rest of the society. Word-level sign language recognition (WSLR) is the first important step…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-03 Anirudh Tunga , Sai Vidyaranya Nuthalapati , Juan Wachs

Due to the emergence of many sign language datasets, isolated sign language recognition (ISLR) has made significant progress in recent years. In addition, the development of various advanced deep neural networks is another reason for this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Siyuan Jing , Guangxue Wang , Haoyang Zhai , Qin Tao , Jun Yang , Bing Wang , Peng Jin

The goal of sign language recognition (SLR) is to help those who are hard of hearing or deaf overcome the communication barrier. Most existing approaches can be typically divided into two lines, i.e., Skeleton-based and RGB-based methods,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Xiaolong Shen , Zhedong Zheng , Yi Yang

Sign language recognition (SLR) refers to interpreting sign language glosses from given videos automatically. This research area presents a complex challenge in computer vision because of the rapid and intricate movements inherent in sign…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-27 Muxin Pu , Mei Kuan Lim , Chun Yong Chong

Sign language recognition (SLR) is a challenging problem, involving complex manual features, i.e., hand gestures, and fine-grained non-manual features (NMFs), i.e., facial expression, mouth shapes, etc. Although manual features are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-17 Hezhen Hu , Wengang Zhou , Junfu Pu , Houqiang Li

The recent surge in large language models has automated translations of spoken and written languages. However, these advances remain largely inaccessible to American Sign Language (ASL) users, whose language relies on complex visual cues.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-18 Daniel Perkins , Davis Hunter , Dhrumil Patel , Galen Flanagan

Skeleton-based isolated sign language recognition (ISLR) demands fine-grained understanding of articulated motion across multiple spatial scales, from subtle finger movements to global body dynamics. Existing approaches typically rely on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Muxin Pu , Mei Kuan Lim , Chun Yong Chong , Chen Change Loy

Sign language recognition is crucial for individuals with hearing impairments to break communication barriers. However, previous approaches have had to choose between efficiency and accuracy. Such as RNNs, LSTMs, and GCNs, had problems with…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Tinh Nguyen , Minh Khue Phan Tran

Human body trajectories are a salient cue to identify actions in the video. Such body trajectories are mainly conveyed by hands and face across consecutive frames in sign language. However, current methods in continuous sign language…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Lianyu Hu , Liqing Gao , Zekang Liu , Wei Feng

Isolated Sign Language Recognition (ISLR) is critical for bridging the communication gap between the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) community and the hearing world. However, robust ISLR is fundamentally constrained by data scarcity and the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Meher Md Saad

This work presents an approach for recognizing isolated sign language gestures using skeleton-based pose data extracted from video sequences. A Graph-GRU temporal network is proposed to model both spatial and temporal dependencies between…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-11 B. Mederos , J. Mejía , A. Medina-Reyes , Y. Espinosa-Almeyda , J. D. Díaz-Roman , I. Rodríguez-Mederos , M. Mejía-Carreon , F. Gonzalez-Lopez

Sign language is commonly used by deaf or speech impaired people to communicate but requires significant effort to master. Sign Language Recognition (SLR) aims to bridge the gap between sign language users and others by recognizing signs…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-04 Songyao Jiang , Bin Sun , Lichen Wang , Yue Bai , Kunpeng Li , Yun Fu

Skeleton-aware sign language recognition (SLR) has gained popularity due to its ability to remain unaffected by background information and its lower computational requirements. Current methods utilize spatial graph modules and temporal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Lianyu Hu , Liqing Gao , Zekang Liu , Wei Feng
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