Machine translation systems that convert sign language into text and back again are helping people who are deaf or have difficulty hearing to communicate with those who cannot sign. KinTrans, a ...

Sign language is used by millions of people around the world, but unlike Spanish, Mandarin or even Latin, there’s no automatic translation available for those who can’t use it. SLAIT claims ...

Baidu researchers found that the system doesn’t perform as well as full-sentence translators in experiments on Chinese-to-English translation with a five-word delay.

While DeepASL translates full sentences, some features of ASL grammar go beyond hand signs—facial expressions are often used as ... but on students in a sign language translation program.

The linguistic fluency of any good translator tells them that, syntactically, “Aujourd’hui, maman est morte,” is not the most fluid English sentence.So rather than the more literal ...

Because ASL is a completely different and distinct language from spoken English, a good translation requires a good deal of creativity and understanding of Deaf culture and language. Jill Bradbury, ...

On Tuesday, Google announced a new system called Google Neural Machine Translation (GNMT) that works on whole sentences and improves accuracy about 60% on average over the old phrase-based machine ...

Under the same conditions involving 30 simple sentences – for example, “Nice to meet you.” – SonicASL was 90.6% effective. “SonicASL is an exciting proof-of-concept that could eventually help greatly ...

Dedicated researchers in China have created the Kinect Sign Language Translator, ... gestures that make up sign language and for translating the signs into spoken or written words and sentences.

SignAll’s system works with complete sentences, ... True, automatic translation of sign language is a goal only just becoming possible with advances in computer vision, ...