{"id":13758,"date":"2011-04-04T22:19:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T03:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=13758"},"modified":"2011-04-05T01:32:42","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T06:32:42","slug":"new-hack-lets-xbox-kinect-read-sign-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/04\/04\/new-hack-lets-xbox-kinect-read-sign-language\/","title":{"rendered":"New hack lets Xbox Kinect read sign language"},"content":{"rendered":"

New hack lets Xbox Kinect read sign language<\/strong><\/p>\n

Researchers at Georgia Tech pair up the game device with custom software<\/p>\n

By Charles Q. Choi<\/p>\n

4\/4\/2011<\/p>\n

Soon, you may not necessarily need to be fluent in American Sign Language
\n(ASL) in order to interpret it. Scientists have hacked Microsoft’s Xbox
\nKinect motion control sensor to read ASL.<\/p>\n

The real-world feat is reminiscent of Google\u2019s April Fools\u2019 Day prank this
\nyear, in which the company falsely debuted a featured called Gmail Motion
\nthat allowed users to translate bodily gestures into words and email
\ncommands.<\/p>\n

The Kinect, which debuted in November, offered a revolutionary way to
\ninteract with computers without pushing any buttons or holding any device
\nwhatsoever, using only body motions to control Microsoft’s Xbox game
\nconsole. The add-on, which is essentially a motion-sensing webcam, uses an
\ninfrared scanner to create 3-D models of people as they move, allowing users
\nto play games by swimming their arms, shimmying their bodies or performing
\nother so-called natural interactions. The Kinect has proven very popular,
\nwith 8 million sensors sold worldwide within 60 days of its launch.<\/p>\n

The Kinect drew the attention not just of gamers but of programmers as well,
\nwith a thriving community of hackers now testing the limits of what the
\nsensor can be used for, such as helping mobile robots respond to gestural
\ncommands.<\/p>\n

Now researchers at Georgia Tech are pairing up the Kinect device with custom
\nsoftware that can interpret a very limited American Sign Language vocabulary
\nwith greater than 98 percent accuracy.<\/p>\n

The scientists initially only used a limited vocabulary of six signs \u2014 those
\nfor “alligator,” “spider,” “box,” “wall,” “behind” and “in” \u2014 all signs that
\ninvolve broad gestures with the arms and body.<\/p>\n

“What we’re doing now is working on computer vision algorithms to get more
\ninformation on hand shapes from the Kinect,” said researcher Helene
\nBrashear, a computer scientist and president of Georgia Tech spinoff company
\nTin Min Labs in Austin, Texas. In the future, the scientists also hope that
\nan improved Kinect sensor with even higher-resolution imaging comes out.<\/p>\n

The scientists are working on a game called Copycat aimed at helping deaf
\nchildren practice sign language. “Ninety-five percent of deaf children are
\nborn to hearing parents, very few of whom are fluent in sign, so we want to
\nsupport these children as much as possible,” Brashear explained.<\/p>\n

In the long run, sensors such as the Kinect could lead to ways for computers
\nto understand sign language and translate it to English or other languages.
\n“That’s far off, but it could happen,” Brashear told TechNewsDaily. “Right
\nnow, advances in technology have really helped the deaf community \u2014 video
\nchat is huge there, for instance.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/42419609\/ns\/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New hack lets Xbox Kinect read sign language Researchers at Georgia Tech pair up the game device with custom software By Charles Q. Choi 4\/4\/2011 Soon, you may not necessarily need to be fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) in…<\/p>\n

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