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FastSign: Fast AI Sign Language Translator FastSign: Fast AI Sign Language Translator

FastSign: Fast AI Sign Language Translator

The Current Challenges
  • Government Chief Information Officer reports a pronounced deficiency in sign language interpreters proficient in Cantonese and Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL).
  • This shortage is not unique to Hong Kong. Similar issues are present in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries.
  • Sign language translation is in its infancy stages and far from being tackled adequately.
  • HKSL is a complex natural language.
Our Innovation and Breakthrough
  • Our innovative idea is to automate sign language translation (SLT) using AI and make sign language communication available to everyone.
  • This groundbreaking AI-driven SLT solution will include sign language recognition (SLR) and sign language production (SLP).
  • The solution captures the characteristics of the languages systematically, facilitating more effective communication with improved accuracy and higher information fidelity in translation compared to existing SLT approaches.
FastSign: Fast AI Sign Language Translator FastSign: Fast AI Sign Language Translator
The Impact

The solution will empower Hong Kong to become a more connected and inclusive society and to gradually extend the same to other countries or languages.

Team Leader

Professor Yupeng Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Interactive Media

Interested in Our Innovation?

Contact us at itpr@hkbu.edu.hk to explore collaboration and partnership opportunities.

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