Filipino Sign Language to Text Converter using K-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm
Noel B. Linsangan, John Vincent G. Calites, Jean Tristan L. Reyes, Glenn Christian D. Sioson, Rosemarie V. Pellegrino, Irish C. Juanatas · 2022
The Philippines recognizes Filipino Sign Language (RA 11106) as the national sign language of the Filipino deaf and the official sign language in all government transactions involving the deaf in schools, in broadcast media, and in workplaces. With that, non-signers need a translator from FSL to words to be able to communicate with people with hearing disability. This project develops a glove that will translate Filipino Sign Language (FSL) to text using the K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) algorithm. The device will only translate the alphabet instead of words. The worn device will do a real-time language translation by capturing hand movements and gestures. The portability of the device is due to the use of android phone to view translated gesture from Bluetooth connected gloves. Test results show an accuracy of 89.63% when translating FSL to text.