Sign Language Interpreter

American Sign Language Alphabet Interpreter Team 3 —

The psychotherapist and the sign language interpreter.

Specialized psychotherapy for deaf people in the Dutch and Western European mental health systems is still a rather young specialism. A key policy principle in Dutch mental health care for the deaf is that they should receive treatment in the language most accessible to them, which is usually Dutch Sign Language (Nederlandse Gebarentaal or NGT). Although psychotherapists for the deaf are traine...

A Virtual Interpreter for the Italian Sign Language

In this paper, we describe a software module for the animation of a virtual interpreter that translates from Italian to the Italian Sign Language (LIS). The system we describe takes a “synthetic” approach to the generation of the sign language, by composing and parametrizing pre-captured and hand-animated signs, to adapt them to the context in which they occur.

Hand Sign Interpreter

---------------------------------------------------------------Abstract-----------------------------------------------------------For many deaf people, sign language is the principle means of communication. Normal people around such cases end up facing problems while communicating. This system prototype that is able to automatically recognize sign language to help normal people to communicate m...

The Effects of Using Captions in Sign Language Interpreter Videos

Deaf and hard of hearing sign language users are increasingly using sign language interpreter videos when obtaining information from television programs, films and web sites. These videos serve as a tool for interpreting spoken and/or written words. While previous studies have mainly emphasized the benefits of using captions in videos with non-signing content, our study focuses on the use of ca...