Essays about: "sign language"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 73 essays containing the words sign language.

1. 21. Automatic language identification of short texts

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för beräkningsvetenskap

   Author : Anna Avenberg; [2020]
   Keywords : Automatic language identification; Natural language processing; Machine learning; Artificial intelligence; Short texts;

   Abstract : The world is growing more connected through the use of online communication, exposing software and humans to all the world's languages. While devices are able to understand and share the raw data between themselves and with humans, the information itself is not expressed in a monolithic format. READ MORE

3. 22. Gauntlet-X1: Smart Glove System for American Sign Language translation using Hand Activity Recognition

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Asif Mohamed; Paul Sujeet; Vishnu Ullas; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The most common forms of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) devices these dayslike the keyboard, mouse and touch interfaces, are limited to working on atwo-dimensional (2-D) surface, and thus do not provide complete freedom ofaccessibility using our hands. With the vast number of gestures a hand can perform,including the different combinations of motion of fingers, wrist and elbow, we canmake accessibility and interaction with the digital environment much more simplified,without restrictions to the physical surface. READ MORE

4. 23. Lost in Translation : To what extent can sign language be used to translate the meaning of the text for hearing audiences in classical vocal music?

   University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för klassisk musik

   Author : Natalie Jones; [2020]
   Keywords : sign language; art song; recital; classical voice; text translation; song interpretation;

   Abstract : The purpose of this project is to examine the extent to which sign language can be used as a means of communicating the text for hearing audiences attending classical vocal recitals. The project discusses historical practices for providing text translation of classical repertoire sung in foreign languages and gives an account of the increasing popularity of sign language interpretation for hearing audiences within the contemporary, commercial music industry. READ MORE

5. 24. The Viability of Orwell's Newspeak : through the theory of Saussurean semiotics

   University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

   Author : Jennifer Lidfors Andersson; [2020]
   Keywords : Structuralism; semiotics; Saussure; Newspeak; 1984; Orwell; sign; linguistic community;

   Abstract : Set in the totalitarian society of Oceania, George Orwell’s 1984 illustrates how a government can exert complete control over its citizens through surveillance, manipulation, and more central to this essay, language. By employing a structuralist framework based on Ferdinand de Saussure’s research on semiotics and the system of language, this essay investigates the viability of Newspeak as a language. READ MORE

6. 25. Vägen till information : hur utformningen av naturum Laponias infart kan styra besöksflöden och minska slitage i skyddad natur

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Emma Arvidsson; [2020]
   Keywords : naturresurshantering; landskapsarkitektur; naturvägledning; naturum; turism; gestaltning;

   Abstract : Hur kan gestaltningen av landskapet minska belastningen på skyddad natur? Intresset för att besöka nationalparker ökar, därmed ökar även belastningen på de skyddade naturområdena. Problematiken kring ökat besökstryck och skyddande av natur har lösts på olika sätt globalt. READ MORE