<s>
The	O
machine	B-General_Concept
translation	I-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
sign	I-General_Concept
languages	I-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
possible	O
,	O
albeit	O
in	O
a	O
limited	O
fashion	O
,	O
since	O
1977	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
use	O
computer	B-Application
vision	I-Application
and	O
machine	O
learning	O
to	O
recognize	O
specific	O
phonological	O
parameters	O
and	O
epentheses	O
unique	O
to	O
sign	O
languages	O
,	O
and	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
and	O
natural	B-Language
language	I-Language
processing	I-Language
allow	O
interactive	O
communication	O
between	O
hearing	O
and	O
deaf	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
history	O
of	O
automatic	B-General_Concept
sign	I-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
translation	I-General_Concept
started	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
hardware	O
such	O
as	O
finger-spelling	O
robotic	O
hands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
gloves	B-General_Concept
with	I-General_Concept
motion	I-General_Concept
sensors	I-General_Concept
became	O
the	O
mainstream	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
CyberGlove	B-General_Concept
and	O
VPL	O
Data	B-General_Concept
Glove	I-General_Concept
were	O
born	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
computer	B-Application
vision	I-Application
,	O
wearable	O
devices	O
were	O
replaced	O
by	O
cameras	B-Application
due	O
to	O
their	O
efficiency	O
and	O
fewer	O
physical	O
restrictions	O
on	O
signers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
process	O
the	O
data	O
collected	O
through	O
the	O
devices	O
,	O
researchers	O
implemented	O
neural	O
networks	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Stuttgart	O
Neural	O
Network	O
Simulator	O
for	O
pattern	O
recognition	O
in	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
CyberGlove	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	O
of	O
non-wearable	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
cameras	B-Application
and	O
Leap	B-General_Concept
Motion	I-General_Concept
controllers	O
have	O
shown	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
automatic	O
sign	O
language	O
recognition	O
and	O
translation	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gloves	O
have	O
sensors	O
that	O
track	O
the	O
users	O
hand	O
movements	O
and	O
then	O
send	O
the	O
data	O
to	O
a	O
computer	O
system	O
via	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
device	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
programmed	O
with	O
the	O
word	O
,	O
then	O
the	O
digital	B-Application
avatar	I-Application
must	O
fingerspell	O
the	O
word	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2012	O
,	O
researchers	O
from	O
the	O
Chinese	O
Academy	O
of	O
Sciences	O
and	O
specialists	O
of	O
deaf	O
education	O
from	O
Beijing	O
Union	O
University	O
in	O
China	O
have	O
been	O
collaborating	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
Research	O
Asian	O
team	O
to	O
create	O
Kinect	B-Algorithm
Sign	O
Language	O
Translator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
communication	O
mode	O
can	O
translate	O
full	O
sentences	O
and	O
the	O
conversation	O
can	O
be	O
automatically	O
translated	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
3D	O
avatar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
translator	O
mode	O
can	O
also	O
detect	O
the	O
postures	O
and	O
hand	O
shapes	O
of	O
a	O
signer	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
movement	O
trajectory	O
using	O
the	O
technologies	O
of	O
machine	O
learning	O
,	O
pattern	O
recognition	O
,	O
and	O
computer	B-Application
vision	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
also	O
allows	O
for	O
reciprocal	O
communication	O
because	O
the	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
technology	I-Application
allows	O
the	O
spoken	O
language	O
to	O
be	O
translated	O
into	O
the	O
sign	O
language	O
and	O
the	O
3D	O
modeling	O
avatar	B-Application
can	O
sign	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
deaf	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SignAll	O
is	O
an	O
automatic	B-General_Concept
sign	I-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
translation	I-General_Concept
system	O
provided	O
by	O
in	O
Hungary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
is	O
"	O
pioneering	O
the	O
first	O
automated	B-General_Concept
sign	I-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
translation	I-General_Concept
solution	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
computer	B-Application
vision	I-Application
and	O
natural	B-Language
language	I-Language
processing	I-Language
(	O
NLP	B-Language
)	O
,	O
to	O
enable	O
everyday	O
communication	O
between	O
individuals	O
with	O
hearing	O
who	O
use	O
spoken	O
English	O
and	O
deaf	O
or	O
hard	O
of	O
hearing	O
individuals	O
who	O
use	O
ASL.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
of	O
SignAll	O
uses	O
Kinect	B-Algorithm
from	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
other	O
web	O
cameras	B-Application
with	O
depth	O
sensors	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	B-Application
vision	I-Application
technology	O
can	O
recognize	O
the	O
handshape	O
and	O
the	O
movement	O
of	O
a	O
signer	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
system	O
of	O
natural	B-Language
language	I-Language
processing	I-Language
converts	O
the	O
collected	O
data	O
from	O
computer	B-Application
vision	I-Application
into	O
a	O
simple	O
English	O
phrase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2012	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
from	O
/	O
and	O
"	O
emerged	O
from	O
the	O
Leap	B-General_Concept
Motion	I-General_Concept
accelerator	O
AXLR8R.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
used	O
a	O
tablet	O
case	O
that	O
leverages	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
Leap	B-General_Concept
Motion	I-General_Concept
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sean	O
Buckley	O
at	O
Engadget	B-Application
mentioned	O
,	O
"	O
UNI	O
could	O
become	O
an	O
incredible	O
communication	O
tool.	O
"	O
</s>
