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Development of Text-to-Sign Language Translator for Bengali Sign Language

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Software Engineering Application in Informatics (CoMeSySo 2021)

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The article focuses on the development of a text-to-sign language translator for Bengali sign language. The task includes problem statements, existing approaches, scopes for a better outcome in the future, proposed approaches, and recommendations for future work. The static and dynamic signs that have been used for advancing the translator are original and reviewed by the sign language experts for their accuracy. The existing open-source code aiming to create a text to sign language translator is being modified and improved to match the proposed methodology and further development. #COMESYSO1120.

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  1. Moscow Polytechnic University, Moscow, 107023, Russian Federation

    Arifa Ashrafi, Victor Sergeevich Mokhnachev, Yuriy Nikolaevich Philippovich & Tsilenko Lyubov Petrovna

  2. Springer Heidelberg, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121, Heidelberg, Germany

    Arifa Ashrafi, Victor Sergeevich Mokhnachev, Yuriy Nikolaevich Philippovich & Tsilenko Lyubov Petrovna

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  1. Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Zlín, Czech Republic

    Radek Silhavy

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Ashrafi, A., Mokhnachev, V.S., Philippovich, Y.N., Petrovna, T.L. (2021). Development of Text-to-Sign Language Translator for Bengali Sign Language. In: Silhavy, R., Silhavy, P., Prokopova, Z. (eds) Software Engineering Application in Informatics. CoMeSySo 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 232. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90318-3_63

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