User Evaluation of an Electronic Malaysian Sign Language Dictionary: e-Sign Dictionary

User Evaluation of an Electronic Malaysian Sign Language Dictionary: e-Sign Dictionary

A software system needs to be maintained through continuous enhancements and improvements. To understand the types of enhancements to be made, a user evaluation exercise is often conducted to determine the system’s weaknesses and limitations. This paper reports on the outcomes of a user evaluation survey carried out on an electronic Malaysian Sign Language Dictionary, e-Sign Dictionary. The eva...

Bilingual Sign Language Dictionary

The Spanish Sign Language Dictionary (DILSE) is one of the first truly bilingual (Spanish Sign Language-Spanish) electronic dictionaries for the deaf community. The properties of this format are perfectly matched to a visual language such as sign language, which uses space as a means of expression. Additionally, two-way searches for word entries are possible from either Spanish or signs. The si...

An Ontology for a Web Dictionary of Italian Sign Language

Sign languages are visual languages used in deaf communities. They are essentially tempo-spatial languages: signs are made of manual components, e.g., the hand movements, and non-manual components, e.g., facial expressions. The e-LIS project aims at the creation of the first web bidirectional dictionary for Italian sign language–verbal Italian. Whereas the lexicographic order is a standard and ...

An Intelligent Visual Dictionary for Italian Sign Language

Sign languages are visual-gestural languages developed mainly in deaf communities; their tempo-spatial nature makes it difficult to write them, yet several transcription systems are available for them. Most sign language dictionaries interact with users via a transcription-based interface; thus users need to be expert of that specific transcription system. The e-LIS dictionary is the first web ...

Bilingual Sign Language Dictionary To Learn The Second Sign Language Without Learning A Target Spoken Language