Mr. Morita joined NHK in 2017, handling lighting for production of dramas at the Osaka Station. Working at NHK STRL since 2019, he is conducting research on sign-language translation and generating CG ...

We are researching provision of information by “sign-language computer graphics (CG)” as one means of guaranteeing information accessibility for those who use sign language as their mother tongue. In ...

L-R: The team of Sign-Speak. Yami Payano, CEO, Nikolas Kelly, CPO, and Nicholas Wilkins, CTO. Source: AWS Sign-Speak, an AI startup co-founded by Yamillet Payano and Nikolas Kelly, is working to close ...

American Sign Language (ASL) recognition systems often struggle with accuracy due to similar gestures, poor image quality and inconsistent lighting. To address this, researchers developed a system ...

A study is the first-of-its-kind to recognize American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet gestures using computer vision. Researchers developed a custom dataset of 29,820 static images of ASL hand gestures.

More than 70 million deaf or hard-of-hearing people globally use sign language, but there's an acute shortage of interpreters. Silence Speaks is a British startup that wants to bridge that gap with an ...

The lack of scientific terms and vocabulary in many of the world’s sign languages can make science education and research careers inaccessible for deaf people and those with hearing loss. Meet the ...

A Kenyan entrepreneur who designed an app that translates speech into sign language using AI-powered 3D avatars has won a major award for African innovation. “Think of it as Google Translate for sign ...

The lack of scientific terms and vocabulary in many of the world’s sign languages can make science education and research careers inaccessible for deaf people and those with hearing loss. Meet the ...

Contrary to common misconceptions, American Sign Language (ASL) isn’t just signed English. It’s a completely distinct language with its own unique grammar system. This can make communication between ...