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AfricaSign -- A Crowd-sourcing Platform for the Documentation of STEM Vocabulary in African Sign Languages

Authors:

Abdelhadi Soudi,

Kristof Van Laerhoven,

Elmostafa Bou-SoufAuthors Info & Claims

ASSETS '19: Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Pages 658 - 660

https://doi.org/10.1145/3308561.3354592

Published: 24 October 2019 Publication History

Abstract

Research in sign languages, in general, is still a relatively new topic of study when compared to research into spoken languages. Most of African sign languages are endangered and severely under-studied [11]. In an attempt to (lexically) document as many endangered sign languages in Africa as possible, we have developed a low-barrier, online crowd-sourcing platform (AfricaSign) that enables the African deaf communities to document their sign languages. AfricaSign offers to users multiple input modes, accommodates regional variation in multiple sign languages and allows the use of avatar technology to describe signs. It is likely that this research will uncover typological features exhibited by African sign languages. Documentation of STEM vocabulary will also help facilitate access to education for the Deaf community.

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Index Terms

AfricaSign -- A Crowd-sourcing Platform for the Documentation of STEM Vocabulary in African Sign Languages
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Information systems
  1. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
      1. Crowdsourcing

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ASSETS '19: Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

October 2019

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ISBN:9781450366762

DOI:10.1145/3308561

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Carnegie Mellon University., USA
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Cornell Tech, USA
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University of Colorado Boulder, USA

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ASSETS '19 Paper Acceptance Rate 41 of 158 submissions, 26%;

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Probierz BKuchcik MAdamiec GPiasecki AKozak J(2024)Sign Language Interpreting - Assessment of the Efficiency of the Translation ModelInformation Technology for Management: Solving Social and Business Problems Through IT10.1007/978-3-031-61657-0_9(183-202)Online publication date: 28-May-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61657-0_9
Tang XChang XChen NNi YLC RTong X(2023)Community-Driven Information Accessibility: Online Sign Language Content Creation within d/Deaf CommunitiesProceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3544548.3581286(1-24)Online publication date: 19-Apr-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544548.3581286
Dhanjal ASingh W(2021)An automatic machine translation system for multi-lingual speech to Indian sign languageMultimedia Tools and Applications10.1007/s11042-021-11706-181:3(4283-4321)Online publication date: 6-Dec-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11042-021-11706-1

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