JOURNAL ARTICLE

South African Sign Language Machine Translation System

Abstract

The South African Sign Language Machine Translation System (SASL-MT System) takes as its input English text, and outputs an avatar signing the equivalent SASL. This paper describes our experiences to date with the implementation of a signing avatar, in the light of the specific requirements of Sign Language.

Keywords:
Machine translation Computer science Translation (biology) Natural language processing Machine translation system Sign (mathematics) Artificial intelligence Mathematics

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