"Listening to deaf": A Greek sign language translator

The work we are going to present concerns an extensible system that has been developed in order to recognize Greek sign language modules. By saying Greek sign language modules we mean either signs or finger-spelled words, formed in isolation or combined into sentences. Greek sign language (GSL) is the natural way of communication between deaf people in Greece. The system we have developed can be used in public services, where it could play the role of an interpreter from GSL to spoken Greek, permitting deaf people to communicate using their natural way of "speaking". Having contacted a great number of deaf people, we found out that most of them face a great difficulty in spelling Greek spoken words. Since the system is capable of recognizing finger-spelled words too, it could also be used as a trainer for deaf students during their attempt to learn Greek spoken words