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Parametric Synthesis Of Sign Language, Jerome Allen
Parametric Synthesis Of Sign Language, Jerome Allen
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The isolation of the deaf community from mainstream society is in part due to the lack of knowledge most hearing people have of sign language. To most, there seems to be little need to learn a language that is spoken by such a small minority unless perhaps a relative is unable to hear. Even with a desire to learn, the task may seem insurmountable due to the unique formational and grammatical rules of the language.
This linguistic rift has led to the call for an automatic translation system with the ability to take voice or written text as input and …