Post by account_disabled on Oct 21, 2023 6:55:41 GMT -5
On the last day of Link 2021 – Digital Accessibility Festival , where the 4th edition of the annual event ended, we shared innovative technology and great news with the public, in a presentation made by our CEO, Ronaldo Tenório and Thadeu Luz , Co-founder and our Director of Artificial Intelligence.
As a reference in translating written languages into sign languages, we open a new path to increase global impact. The big news at the event was the creation of assistive technology for signal recognition that uses Artificial Intelligence as a movement sensor.
Anyone who follows us knows that our mission is to break down Brother cell phone list communication barriers between deaf and hearing people with translations into sign languages automatically, using technology. Additionally, we were awarded as the best social app in the world by the UN .
Hand Talk Motion
Until then, we offer solutions that follow a single direction: from written language to sign language. Whether in the application (text and audio) or in the website plugin (text and images with alternative texts), Hugo and Maya were able to translate the content into sign languages. This was essential to spread and facilitate communication between deaf and hearing people.
But what if the reverse path was also possible? After more than 2 years of research, we are very happy to publicly present Motion technology, which aims to perform reverse translation for Sign Languages around the world!
“Hand Talk Motion is the realization of a dream of several years: the translation of sign languages into oral languages, thus completing the two-way communication cycle”, explains Thadeu. To see how Motion works in practice, just check out the video on our YouTube channel, which demonstrates the use of the technology in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) and ASL (American Sign Language).
A disruptive innovation
In recent years, several experiments have been developed around the world, with the aim of recognizing Sign Language through static images or simple movements. Motion technology can go further: it will recognize signs and longer sentences with quality and precision, which will even allow you to understand and translate different contexts and regionalisms in the future.
Based on these advances that our artificial intelligence team presented during the event, it is possible to build, in the future, translation models for all pairs of existing oral and sign languages, which can be used all over the world!
Collaborativeness in data collection
Another big new feature we announced at the event was the Hand Talk Community , a collaborative data collection platform, which powers our Artificial Intelligence machine. Now we have made a tool that was previously only for internal use open to volunteers fluent in sign languages from around the world. This way, people can help us reach more countries, and so that Hugo and Maya can communicate in any sign language.
Too much, right? With the opening of the platform to the public, the expectation is to break down communication barriers between deaf and hearing people in less than half the time. If you are fluent in sign language and want to volunteer, visit this page .
A dream of many years
“I often say that deaf people often live like foreigners in their own country, as there is a huge communication barrier between deaf and hearing people. We worked for a long time on research so that technology could allow us to build this disruption. Until now, our solutions have enabled deaf people to access information that was previously exclusive only to hearing people, now technology empowers them to actively participate”, comments Ronaldo.
As a reference in translating written languages into sign languages, we open a new path to increase global impact. The big news at the event was the creation of assistive technology for signal recognition that uses Artificial Intelligence as a movement sensor.
Anyone who follows us knows that our mission is to break down Brother cell phone list communication barriers between deaf and hearing people with translations into sign languages automatically, using technology. Additionally, we were awarded as the best social app in the world by the UN .
Hand Talk Motion
Until then, we offer solutions that follow a single direction: from written language to sign language. Whether in the application (text and audio) or in the website plugin (text and images with alternative texts), Hugo and Maya were able to translate the content into sign languages. This was essential to spread and facilitate communication between deaf and hearing people.
But what if the reverse path was also possible? After more than 2 years of research, we are very happy to publicly present Motion technology, which aims to perform reverse translation for Sign Languages around the world!
“Hand Talk Motion is the realization of a dream of several years: the translation of sign languages into oral languages, thus completing the two-way communication cycle”, explains Thadeu. To see how Motion works in practice, just check out the video on our YouTube channel, which demonstrates the use of the technology in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) and ASL (American Sign Language).
A disruptive innovation
In recent years, several experiments have been developed around the world, with the aim of recognizing Sign Language through static images or simple movements. Motion technology can go further: it will recognize signs and longer sentences with quality and precision, which will even allow you to understand and translate different contexts and regionalisms in the future.
Based on these advances that our artificial intelligence team presented during the event, it is possible to build, in the future, translation models for all pairs of existing oral and sign languages, which can be used all over the world!
Collaborativeness in data collection
Another big new feature we announced at the event was the Hand Talk Community , a collaborative data collection platform, which powers our Artificial Intelligence machine. Now we have made a tool that was previously only for internal use open to volunteers fluent in sign languages from around the world. This way, people can help us reach more countries, and so that Hugo and Maya can communicate in any sign language.
Too much, right? With the opening of the platform to the public, the expectation is to break down communication barriers between deaf and hearing people in less than half the time. If you are fluent in sign language and want to volunteer, visit this page .
A dream of many years
“I often say that deaf people often live like foreigners in their own country, as there is a huge communication barrier between deaf and hearing people. We worked for a long time on research so that technology could allow us to build this disruption. Until now, our solutions have enabled deaf people to access information that was previously exclusive only to hearing people, now technology empowers them to actively participate”, comments Ronaldo.