A Roadmap to Elevate Pakistan Sign Language among Regional Sign Languages

Authors

  • Kamran Abid University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Author
  • Nabeel Sabir Khan University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Author
  • Uzma Farooq University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Author
  • Muhammad Shoaib Farooq University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Author
  • Muhammad Azhar Naeem University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Author
  • Adnan Abid . University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan Author

Keywords:

Sign Language Translation, Parallel Corpus, Sign Language, PSL, Pakistan Sign Language

Abstract

Several nations have worked hard to make their societies truly inclusive by developing gadgets, tools, services, and applications. A lot of work has been done for bringing the deaf community to the mainstream. Tools and applications exist for several sign languages including American Sign Language (ASL), Chinese Sign Language (CSL), Indian Sign Language (ISL) and Arabic Sign Language (ArSL). These tools help translating natural language text into respective sign language and vice versa. Similarly, standard corpora exist for all afore-mentioned sign languages and for many other languages. Unfortunately, no such noticeable development exists in the case of Pakistan Sign Language (PSL). This research aims to define a roadmap for the development of Pakistan Sign Language so as to bring it at par with other sign languages of the world

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Published

2018-12-31

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 02 (2018)

Section

Articles