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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"South African Sign Language"”.
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Video annotation wiki for South African sign language
… automated translation system between English and South African Sign Language (SASL). Three important aspects of this system require SASL documentation and knowledge. These are: recognition of SASL from a video sequence, linguistic translation between SASL and English and the rendering of SASL. …
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Vision-Based automatic translation for South African Sign Language (SASL)
There are more than four million South Africans who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH). However, most people with hearing abilities neither understand sign language nor know how to sign. This creates a communication barrier between the deaf and hard of hearing and people with hearing, to the …
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Vision-Based automatic translation for South African Sign Language (SASL)
There are more than four million South Africans who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH). However, most people with hearing abilities neither understand sign language nor know how to sign. This creates a communication barrier between the deaf and hard of hearing and people with hearing, to the …
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South African sign language dataset development and translation : a glove-based approach
… in order to remedy this issue using Automatic Sign Language. While there has been successful research around the world, this is not possible in South Africa as there is no South African Sign Language (SASL) database available. This research aims to develop a SASL static gesture database using a …
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Video quality requirements for South African Sign Language communications over mobile phones.
… cell phone based video communications in South African Sign Language.
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The provision of interpreting services in isiZulu and South African Sign Language in selected courts in KwaZulu-Natal
… of the degree of Master of Technology: Language Practice, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016.
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Legal Recognition and Media Representation of Sign Languages: South African Sign Language and New Zealand Sign Language as case studies
… investigates the legal recognition of national sign languages globally, and the relationship between sign language legal recognition and the representation of sign languages in newspaper media, using South African Sign Language (SASL) and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) as comparative case …
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The socio-economic status, sign language interpreter utilisation and the cost of providing South African sign language interpreter services in the Cape Metropole District health services
… with an estimated prevalence of 3.7% in South Africa. Although sign language Interpreters (SLIs) improve the communication challenges in health care they are unaffordable for many Deaf people. On the other hand, there are no legal provisions in place to ensure the provision of SLIs in the …
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Towards co-production of technology artefacts with a disabled community: A case study with deaf people and protection of personal information with video relay services
… people throughout the world, including those in South Africa, experience difficulty in essential communication in an environment that mainly comprises hearing individuals. This communication divide exists because Deaf, as opposed to deaf, people communicate in sign language; which most of the …
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Robust facial expression recognition in the presence of rotation and partial occlusion
… the context of automatic machine translation of South African Sign Language (SASL) to English. The proposed method is able to accurately recognize frontal facial images at an average accuracy of 75%. It also achieves a high recognition accuracy of 70% for faces rotated to 60◦. It was also shown …
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Design of a mobile support and content authoring tool to support deaf adults training in computer literacy skills
… skills. Deaf adults who communicate using South African Sign Language (SASL) come from poor socio-economic backgrounds are not familiar with the written form of English. They rely on interpreters and Deaf teachers to translate written text into SASL for them to learn computer literacy …
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Translation and interpreting as instruments of language planning in South Africa : focus on court interpreting
The year 1994 was a significant moment in the history of South Africa. The release of Nelson Mandela and the ushering in of a new democracy implied important changes in national policies. Apart from English and Afrikaans, ten other languages, including South African Sign Language, have acquired …
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Exploring Early Gesture and Language Development Trends in Sesotho-Speaking Infants (8 to 18 Months)
The period of early language development constitutes a fundamental phase in children’s later language and communication skills, underpinning their ability to express thoughts, regulate emotions and engage socially. Although this process often appears to unfold naturally, many children are at risk …
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Implementation of South African Government Language Policy in Public Institutions: A Case Study of Siloam Hospital
This study investigated the implementation of the South African Government Language Policy within public institutions, using Siloam Hospital, a district hospital located in the rural Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, as a case study. Rooted in the constitutional recognition of twelve official …
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Career construction and support of D/deaf high school learners in the Eastern Cape Province
… high1 school in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The researcher has not observed them in professional careers. However, there is no empirical evidence why the D/deaf are excluded from the formal labour market after schooling. Understanding the underlying factors influencing such …