Improving deaf people accessibility and communication through automatic sign language recognition using novel technologies

Communication is a key for human development. Nevertheless, deaf people have difficulty interacting with hearing and hard of hearing people. On the other hand, new technology allows gesture recognition. This work aims to promote the development of tools to take advantage of 3D camera technology for the benefit of the Deaf Community around the world. This research proposes a sign recognition model using 3d cameras (i.e. Leap Motion and Intel RealSense) and support vector machines (SVM). The goal is to support the communication process between deaf and hearing people. Furthermore, we conduct an experiment determining an appropriate amount of training sample signs to ensure satisfactory results using SVMs.Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Telecomunicaciones/[]/MICITT/Costa RicaConsejo Nacional para Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas of the Government of Costa Rica/[]/CONICIT/Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica/[320-B5-291]/UCR/Costa RicaUCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ingeniería::Centro de Investigaciones en Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (CITIC)UCR::Vicerrectoría de Docencia::Ingeniería::Facultad de Ingeniería::Escuela de Ciencias de la Computación e Informátic