sign language parsing

[Nassira Nicola]

      If I understand the purpose of this project correctly, the problem
with storing the animated signed text by means of a sign-notation system is
precisely that you would have to know the language already to use it.  As an
answer to the question "How do I say X in Greek Sign Language," then, it
would be redundant at best.  The purpose of machine translation is to
translate, after all.

      Galini, am I correct in my interpretation of the project?


      Nassira Nicola
      nicola at fas.harvard.edu
      Harvard University Department of Linguistics (Class of 2005)

>From: "Angus B. Grieve-Smith" <grvsmth at UNM.EDU>
>Reply-To: "For the discussion of linguistics and signed languages."
>      <SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
>To: SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA
>Subject: Re: sign language parsing
>Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 17:11:46 -0500
>
>         Galini, I don't think I was clear about what bothers me.  I don't
>have a problem with technology and sign language; in fact, I am working on
>a sign synthesis project, SignSynth
>(http://www.unm.edu/~grvsmth/signsynth/), and I wrote a pilot English-ASL
>machine language program (http://www.unm.edu/~grvsmth/portfolio/).
>
>         Plain and simple, you don't need to have machine translation for
>sign synthesis.  There doesn't need to be any Greek (or Bengali, or
>Quechua) in your project at all.  Just store the signs in HamNoSys/GML or
>SignWriting/SWML.
>
>                                         -Angus B. Grieve-Smith
>                                         Linguistics Department
>                                         University of New Mexico
>                                         grvsmth at unm.edu
>                                         grvsmth at panix.com

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