NVIDIA, the American Society for Deaf Children, and creative agency Hello Monday have developed an interactive web platform called Signs to support American Sign Language (ASL) learning and the development of accessible AI applications.
Signs provides ASL learners with a validated library of signs and a 3D avatar to demonstrate signs, while an AI tool analyzes webcam footage to provide real-time feedback on signing.
The platform aims to build an open-source video dataset for ASL, which will be validated by fluent ASL users and interpreters to create a high-quality visual dictionary and teaching tool.
NVIDIA plans to use the dataset to develop AI applications that break down communication barriers between the deaf and hearing communities, and the dataset will be made available to the public for building accessible technologies.