Innovation in Language Learning
, in collaboration with the and creative agency , has launched Signs, an AI-driven platform for learning American Sign Language (ASL), featuring a 3-D avatar for interactive learning.
The platform aims to expand its vocabulary from 100 to 1,000 signs and includes real-time feedback on users' signing through webcam footage, enhancing the learning experience.
Community and Future Development
Signs encourages user participation by allowing ASL speakers to contribute new signs, aiming to create a comprehensive ASL database validated by Deaf individuals and certified interpreters.
Future enhancements may include non-manual signals essential to ASL, such as facial expressions and head movements, and regional variations, with plans to make the dataset publicly available for further development.