Recent Advances in Sign Language Recognition using Deep Learning Techniques

Abstract

Communication is essential to express and receive information, knowledge, ideas, and views among people, but it has been quite a while to be an obstruction for people with hearing and mute disabilities. Though there is sign language to communicate with non-sign people it is difficult for everyone to interpret and understand. As reported by World Health Organization (WHO), five percent of the world population of over 300 million people suffers from hearing disability. Technology has grown rapidly in the last few decades with the presence of deep learning and artificial intelligence, but somehow physically impaired people are not able to get the maximum benefit of it due to lack of awareness, accessibility problems, cost, and other reasons. This survey paper discusses the recent development and assistance provided for signers to communicate with non-signers.