Sign language translation system

Chinese researchers recently introduced a sign language translation system that makes it easier for deaf people to communicate.

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According to Discovery News, the Kinect Translator language translation system consists of a computer and a Kinect camera, which recognizes gestures, symbols of the deaf and then automatically translates into spoken or written language. in English and Chinese.

To help the deaf to communicate more smoothly, the system will take over the speaker's words and translate the spoken language into the sign language and display it through an image on the screen.

The sign language display will use automatic sign language to automatically translate into spoken or written language. (Photo: techadvisor.co.uk)

According to a team of lecturers and students from Peking University, the system will help the deaf to communicate more smoothly in daily life. With the ability to be installed in doctor's offices and many other areas, the system not only expands the opportunities for the hearing impaired, but also enables them to get jobs thanks to their extremely useful features.

Dandan Yin, a test-taker for the sign language translation system, said the system fulfilled her childhood dream of having a computer for the impaired. hearing.

Professor Xilin Chen, deputy director of the Institute of Computer Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who has spent years studying sign language, hopes the system will become a new way of communicating with Signs between deaf and ordinary people become more convenient.

The team hopes to develop the prototype system and put it into practical application, opening up a whole new world for the unlucky ones like Dandan Yin.

It is estimated that there are about 360 million deaf or hearing-impaired people in the world today. Communication with deaf people is often difficult because very few people understand the sign language.