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A SignAll expert signs in ASL in front of a double computer screen
Opinion

Free language databases didn't work for us

My name is David Retek. I supervise all technological processes of creating the first-in-the-world automated sign language translation system. It translates from American Sign Language (ASL) to English. In this article, I will tell you why we refused to use open-source sign language (SL) databases and created our own. Also, I will offer a sneak peek into how we do it and why it is unique (spoiler alert – it’s because of the way we collect non-manuals and annotate data).

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A young woman is learning ASL with interactive SignAll Learn Lab. She is signing "deaf"
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SignAll teaches Deutsche Telekom American Sign Language

In December, SignAll Learn Lab was launched in an office of Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions (DT-ITS). The system will be used for teaching American Sign Language (ASL) to employees in the company’s Budapest office. The 12-month contract includes a license to the ASL Learn software and is complemented by courses and training on ASL and Deaf culture. These courses are to be offered by Deaf team member of SignAll Technologies and Deaf rights advocate Jesada Pua.

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Jesada Pua, ASL expert
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Ask a deafie: Educational mainstreaming for the Deaf

A stand of the Deaf community on placing children in mainstream settings within education is mostly negative. Deaf students obviously have a set of very different needs than hearing counterparts. They need sign language, period. They often feel lost and left out in a big sea of hearing students. They often don’t feel proud to be “Deaf” because they are constantly being reminded that they are different than the rest of the students. For the sake of such students’ well-being, there has to be a balance between hearing and deaf educational settings.

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People with disabilities - art illustration. Photo credit - smartboy10/iStock
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A burning question: How financially impactful disabled community is?

In a report, published a few weeks ago, research on the size and score of the disability market revealed an unimaginable number. 1,85 billion of Earth population are people with disabilities (PWD). Researchers compare the population of PWD to the Chinese. If to include their families and friends – consumers who make purchasing decisions with emotional connection to PWD - they control 13 trillion US dollar disposable income. In light of this, it is obvious that accessible companies win the market.

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