Nvidia launches AI platform to make learning sign language easier

On Thursday, Nvidia unveiled a new platform for learning American Sign Language, developed using artificial intelligence technology. The project was a collaboration with the American Society for Deaf Children and the creative agency Hello Monday.

Nvidia’s new American Sign Language learning platform was unveiled Thursday.

The platform, dubbed Signs, includes a 3D avatar that displays gestures. Users can interact with the platform using video cameras, and artificial intelligence provides feedback as they practice the gestures. At launch, the platform offers 100 different gestures, but Nvidia plans to expand that range to 1,000.

Signs.

The Signs platform is just one of many examples of how artificial intelligence is advancing assistive technology to support people with disabilities, the elderly and their caregivers. Companies such as Meta*, Google, and OpenAI are also using AI to improve the functionality of their products for blind and visually impaired users. For example, Apple has implemented eye-tracking technologies to help people with physical disabilities use their iPhones more effectively. Users with visual impairments report that these innovations make their daily lives and work much easier.

When users interact with Nvidia’s new American Sign Language learning platform, the artificial intelligence tool gives them real-time feedback to improve their sign language skills. American Sign Language is the third most widely spoken language in the United States, after English and Spanish, according to organizations that support the platform.

American Sign Language is the third most widely spoken language in the United States, according to the organizations that support the platform.

The ASL learning platform also underscores Nvidia’s commitment to expanding its horizons beyond artificial intelligence-related hardware. The company has established itself as a leading provider in AI, having developed chips that most companies use to implement their technology, as well as its own AI models and software platforms. Over the past year, Nvidia’s stock has risen more than 100% as AI companies actively purchase Nvidia chips, which has led to the company’s capitalization of more than $3.4 trillion.

The company’s valuation is up more than 100%.

Michael Boone, Nvidia’s robust artificial intelligence product manager, said the company is committed to developing AI products not only for enterprise customers but also for practical applications of the technology. «It’s important for us to create initiatives like Signs because we want to enable not just one company, but an entire ecosystem»” Boone told CNN.

Michael Boone said in an interview.

The Signs platform is available for free, allowing users of American Sign Language to add videos of gestures that aren’t already on the platform, thereby expanding its vocabulary. The data could also help Nvidia develop new ASL-related products, such as improving gesture recognition in video conferencing software or gesture control in cars. The company also plans to make the data repository available to other developers.

The company also plans to make the data repository available to other developers.

In future versions of Signs, the Nvidia team is considering integrating non-manual gestures that play an important role in ASL, such as facial expressions and head movements, as well as slang and regional language variations.

«Most deaf children are born into families of hearing parents. Providing family members with accessible tools, such as Signs, for early ASL learning allows them to establish an effective channel of communication with children as young as six to eight months»” said Cheri Dowling, executive director of the American Society for Deaf Children, in a statement about the new project.

According to Cheri Dowling, executive director of the American Society for Deaf Children, in a statement about the new project.