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Developing a Sign Language Writing System: Focus on Necessity and Sign Language-Specific Features

Authors:
Nobuko Kato
Yuito Nameta
Megumi Shimomori
Akihisa Shitara
Sumihiro Kawano
Yuhki Shiraishi

Keywords: deaf and hard of hearing; sign language; visual language; sign writing; communication support.

Abstract:
Achieving universal access in professional settings necessitates the development of computer-assisted sign language writing support system, considering the perceptual characteristics of the deaf and hard of hearing individuals. This study explores sign language-specific features to elucidate the requirements for a sign language writing support system. Analysis of news sentences expressed in sign language reveals the prevalence of distinct expressions like topicalized and wh-cleft sentences. We explore a writing system that incorporates these features and conduct experiments involving transcribing sign language movies. We first examine whether it is necessary to write sign language when learning in specialized contexts, thus identifying the key features of sign language sentences that need to be written effectively and clarify the functions required for the system based on actual writing experiments.

Pages: 166 to 175

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2024. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 30, 2024

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-261x