WORD SEGMENTATION OF OUTPUT RESPONSE FOR SIGN LANGUAGE DEVICES

Segmentation is an important aspect of translating finger spelling of sign language into Latin alphabets. Although the sign language devices that are currently available can translate the finger spelling into alphabets, there is a limitation where the output is stored in a long continuous string wit...

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Main Authors: Nor Farahidah Za'bah, Ahmad Amierul Ashraf Muhammad Nazmi, Amelia Wong Azman
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Language:English
Published: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2020-07-01
Series:International Islamic University Malaysia Engineering Journal
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Online Access:https://journals.iium.edu.my/ejournal/index.php/iiumej/article/view/1408
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spelling doaj-c97a3add01414b1280264312741438502020-11-25T03:33:06ZengIIUM Press, International Islamic University MalaysiaInternational Islamic University Malaysia Engineering Journal1511-788X2289-78602020-07-0121215316310.31436/iiumej.v21i2.14081055WORD SEGMENTATION OF OUTPUT RESPONSE FOR SIGN LANGUAGE DEVICESNor Farahidah Za'bah0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8226-3247Ahmad Amierul Ashraf Muhammad Nazmihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9943-4831Amelia Wong AzmanInternational Islamic University MalaysiaSegmentation is an important aspect of translating finger spelling of sign language into Latin alphabets. Although the sign language devices that are currently available can translate the finger spelling into alphabets, there is a limitation where the output is stored in a long continuous string without spaces between words. The system proposed in this work is meant to be used together with a text-generating glove device. The system used text input string and the string is then fed into the system, one character at a time, and then it is segmented into words that is semantically correct. The proposed text segmentation method in this work is by using the dynamic programming and back-off algorithm, together with the probability score using word matching with an English language text corpus. Based on the results, the system is able to properly segment words with acceptable accuracy. ABSTRAK: Segmentasi adalah aspek penting dalam menterjemahkan ejaan bahasa isyarat ke dalam huruf Latin. Walaupun terdapat peranti bahasa isyarat yang menterjemahkan ejaan jari menjadi huruf, namun begitu, huruf-huruf yang dihasilkan disimpan dalam rentetan berterusan yang panjang tanpa jarak antara setiap perkataan. Sistem yang dicadangkan di dalam jurnal ini akan diselaraskan bersama dengan sarung tangan bahasa isyarat yang boleh menghasilkan teks. Sistem ini akan mengambil rentetan input teks di mana huruf akan dimasukkan satu persatu dan huruf-huruf itu akan disegmentasikan menjadi perkataan yang betul secara semantik. Kaedah pembahagian yang dicadangkan ialah segmentasi yang menggunakan pengaturcaraan dinamik dan kaedah kebarangkalian untuk mengsegmentasikan huruf-huruf tersebut berdasarkan padanan perkataan dengan pengkalan data di dalam Bahasa Inggeris. Berdasarkan hasil yang telah diperolehi, sistem ini berjaya mengsegmentasikan huruf-huruf tersebut dengan berkesan dan tepat.https://journals.iium.edu.my/ejournal/index.php/iiumej/article/view/1408segmentationsign-languagealgorithm
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author Nor Farahidah Za'bah
Ahmad Amierul Ashraf Muhammad Nazmi
Amelia Wong Azman
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Ahmad Amierul Ashraf Muhammad Nazmi
Amelia Wong Azman
WORD SEGMENTATION OF OUTPUT RESPONSE FOR SIGN LANGUAGE DEVICES
International Islamic University Malaysia Engineering Journal
segmentation
sign-language
algorithm
author_facet Nor Farahidah Za'bah
Ahmad Amierul Ashraf Muhammad Nazmi
Amelia Wong Azman
author_sort Nor Farahidah Za'bah
title WORD SEGMENTATION OF OUTPUT RESPONSE FOR SIGN LANGUAGE DEVICES
title_short WORD SEGMENTATION OF OUTPUT RESPONSE FOR SIGN LANGUAGE DEVICES
title_full WORD SEGMENTATION OF OUTPUT RESPONSE FOR SIGN LANGUAGE DEVICES
title_fullStr WORD SEGMENTATION OF OUTPUT RESPONSE FOR SIGN LANGUAGE DEVICES
title_full_unstemmed WORD SEGMENTATION OF OUTPUT RESPONSE FOR SIGN LANGUAGE DEVICES
title_sort word segmentation of output response for sign language devices
publisher IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia
series International Islamic University Malaysia Engineering Journal
issn 1511-788X
2289-7860
publishDate 2020-07-01
description Segmentation is an important aspect of translating finger spelling of sign language into Latin alphabets. Although the sign language devices that are currently available can translate the finger spelling into alphabets, there is a limitation where the output is stored in a long continuous string without spaces between words. The system proposed in this work is meant to be used together with a text-generating glove device. The system used text input string and the string is then fed into the system, one character at a time, and then it is segmented into words that is semantically correct. The proposed text segmentation method in this work is by using the dynamic programming and back-off algorithm, together with the probability score using word matching with an English language text corpus. Based on the results, the system is able to properly segment words with acceptable accuracy. ABSTRAK: Segmentasi adalah aspek penting dalam menterjemahkan ejaan bahasa isyarat ke dalam huruf Latin. Walaupun terdapat peranti bahasa isyarat yang menterjemahkan ejaan jari menjadi huruf, namun begitu, huruf-huruf yang dihasilkan disimpan dalam rentetan berterusan yang panjang tanpa jarak antara setiap perkataan. Sistem yang dicadangkan di dalam jurnal ini akan diselaraskan bersama dengan sarung tangan bahasa isyarat yang boleh menghasilkan teks. Sistem ini akan mengambil rentetan input teks di mana huruf akan dimasukkan satu persatu dan huruf-huruf itu akan disegmentasikan menjadi perkataan yang betul secara semantik. Kaedah pembahagian yang dicadangkan ialah segmentasi yang menggunakan pengaturcaraan dinamik dan kaedah kebarangkalian untuk mengsegmentasikan huruf-huruf tersebut berdasarkan padanan perkataan dengan pengkalan data di dalam Bahasa Inggeris. Berdasarkan hasil yang telah diperolehi, sistem ini berjaya mengsegmentasikan huruf-huruf tersebut dengan berkesan dan tepat.
topic segmentation
sign-language
algorithm
url https://journals.iium.edu.my/ejournal/index.php/iiumej/article/view/1408
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