A Kinect-Based Sign Language Hand Gesture Recognition System for Hearing- and Speech-Impaired: A Pilot Study of Pakistani Sign Language.

Sign language provides hearing and speech impaired individuals with an interface to communicate with other members of the society. Unfortunately, sign language is not understood by most of the common people. For this, a gadget based on image processing and pattern recognition can provide with a vita...

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Publicado en:Assistive Technology Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 34 - 44
Autores principales: Halim, Zahid, Abbas, Ghulam
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Spring2015
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          Halim, Zahid
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          Video Games Utilization
          Sign Language Utilization
          Hearing Disorders
          Speech Disorders
          Alternative and Augmentative Communication Equipment and Supplies
          Virtual Reality Utilization
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          Equipment Design
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          User-Computer Interface
          Software
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          Hand Physiology
          Joints Physiology
          Body Weights and Measures
          Shopping
          Communication Methods
          Consumer Attitudes
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      ab: Sign language provides hearing and speech impaired individuals with an interface to communicate with other members of the society. Unfortunately, sign language is not understood by most of the common people. For this, a gadget based on image processing and pattern recognition can provide with a vital aid for detecting and translating sign language into a vocal language. This work presents a system for detecting and understanding the sign language gestures by a custom built software tool and later translating the gesture into a vocal language. For the purpose of recognizing a particular gesture, the system employs a Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) algorithm and an off-the-shelf software tool is employed for vocal language generation. Microsoft®Kinect is the primary tool used to capture video stream of a user. The proposed method is capable of successfully detecting gestures stored in the dictionary with an accuracy of 91%. The proposed system has the ability to define and add custom made gestures. Based on an experiment in which 10 individuals with impairments used the system to communicate with 5 people with no disability, 87% agreed that the system was useful.
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