Sign language translation approach to Sinhalese language

P Fernando, P Wimalaratne - GSTF Journal on Computing (JoC), 2016 - Springer
Sign language is used for communication between deaf persons while Sinhalese language
is used by normal hearing persons whose first language is Sinhalese in Sri Lanka. This …

Reactive effort as a factor that shapes sign language lexicons

N Sanders, DJ Napoli - Language, 2016 - JSTOR
Many properties of languages, including sign languages, are not uniformly distributed
among items in the lexicon. Some of this nonuniformity can be accounted for by appeal to …

Animation of fingerspelled words and number signs of the Sinhala sign language

M Punchimudiyanse, RGN Meegama - ACM Transactions on Asian and …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Sign language is the primary communication medium of the aurally handicapped
community. Often, a sign gesture is mapped to a word or a phrase in a spoken language and …

3D signing avatar for Sinhala Sign language

M Punchimudiyanse… - 2015 IEEE 10th …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A sign language possesses multi-posture and single posture signs that require animation of
bones on demand in a 3D signing avatar. Fingerprinting is used for representing unknown …

[PDF][PDF] Computer interpreter for translating written Sinhala to Sinhala Sign Language

M Punchimudiyanse, RGN Meegama - 2017 - repository.ou.ac.lk
Abstract Sinhala Sign Language (SSL) is the preferred medium of communication amongst
the deaf community of Sinhala. A conversational sign in SSL represents a word or phrase in …

3D Animation framework for sign language

M Punchimudiyanse, RGN Meegama - 2015 - dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk
A critical part of animating a sign language using virtual avatar is to display a sign gesture
having multiple rotational arm poses to identify a word instead of a single static arm pose …

An automated vision based recognition system for Sri Lankan Tamil Sign Language finger spelling

S Vanjikumaran, G Balachandran - … Conference on Advances …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As computers become more and more pervasive in human lives, the need for natural and
effective Human Computer Interaction (HCI) becomes more important than ever. Speech …

Speaking Medicine in the Silent Language: Experience with a Deaf Patient in Sri Lanka

HDP Jayawardana - International Journal of Medical Students, 2021 - ijms.info
Being deaf can pose challenges in everyday living, due to the fact that most deaf people
cannot effectively communicate with the majority of non-deaf people in society. Effective …

[PDF][PDF] Sinhala Sign Language Recognition using Leap Motion and Deep Learning

P Kumarawadu, M Izzath - researchgate.net
In this paper, we present a sign language recognition system for low-resource Sinhala Sign
Language using Leap Motion (LM) and Deep Neural Networks (DNN). The study extracted …

[PDF][PDF] Sign Language Translation Approach to Sinhalese

P Fernando - 2016 - researchgate.net
Sign language is used for communication between deaf persons while Sinhalese language
is used by normal hearing persons whose first language is Sinhalese in Sri Lanka. This …