An Image Processing Technique for the Translation of ASL Finger-Spelling to Digital Audio and Text
Chance M. Glenn, Divya Mandloi, Kanthi Sarella, Muhammed Lonon · 2005
This paper describes the ongoing development of an image processing technique for the translation of American Sign Language (ASL) finger-spelling to text. This work is phase one of a broader project, The Sign2 Project, that is focused on a complete technological approach to the translation of ASL to digital audio and/or text. We describe the approach to the phase one problem and show results that have been derived where several words are distinguished with a fairly high degree of reliability. We also discuss our approach to the next phase of development for the project.