sign.mt: Real-Time Multilingual Sign Language Translation Application (2024.emnlp-demo)
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| Challenge: | open-source application for real-time multilingual bi-directional translation between spoken and signed languages. |
| Approach: | They present an open-source application for real-time multilingual bi-directional translation between spoken and signed languages. |
| Outcome: | The open-source sign.mt application aims to address the communication divide between the hearing and the deaf. |
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