Machine translation of sign languages

<p>The machine translation of sign languages has been possible, albeit in a limited fashion, since 1977. When a research project successfully matched English letters from a keyboard to ASL manual alphabet letters which were simulated on a robotic hand. These technologies translate <a href="/facts/Sign_language/Wjfl9Db6">signed languages</a> into written or spoken language, and written or spoken language to sign language, without the use of a <a href="/facts/Sign_language_interpreter/7NxWE3xS">human interpreter</a>. Sign languages possess different <a href="/facts/Phonological_features/Q8y7Fyc9">phonological features</a> than spoken languages, which has created obstacles for developers. Developers use computer vision and <a href="/facts/Machine_learning/e0w0XJTu">machine learning</a> to recognize specific phonological parameters and <a href="/facts/Epenthesis/DEJE6nKS">epentheses</a> unique to sign languages, and speech recognition and natural language processing allow interactive communication between hearing and deaf people.
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Machine translation of sign languages