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From: danr@autodesk.com (Dan Rosenfeld)
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Subject: Re: Hand Shape recognition (Sign Language)
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Date: 29 May 91 23:03:02 GMT
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peters@ee.udel.edu (Shirley Peters) writes:

>I'm looking for references and names of research done in the area of
>Sign language recognition.  This could be hand shape recognition using a
>glove sensing device, or video image recognition, or anything else that
>will ultimately end up dealing with sign language.

Jim(?) Kramer developed a system at Stanford which could recognize
finger-spelling.  I think his original goal was to develop a system
which could recognize ASL gestures more generally, but this was never
realized.

I believe his system used Bayesian methods for recognizing patterns of
joint angles from a sensing glove of his own design.

Unfortunately, I don't have any contact information for Jim.  Can
anyone else out there help?

Dan Rosenfeld

danr@autodesk.com