It&#x27;s a great project, but to nail this they are going to need more involvement from the deaf community as they&#x27;ve missed some key points:<p>1)ASL isn&#x27;t just about hand movements, there is a ton of grammar that comes from facial expression. It&#x27;s not just like English tone, but can actually change a word. Like can become &quot;don&#x27;t like&quot; from facial expression.<p>2) Context is very key, there are a lot of words with multiple meanings that matter based on the sentence. It could be figured out from a really smart system but wouldn&#x27;t be easy.<p>3) Lastly, ASL isn&#x27;t English. This is the biggest mistake people make. You aren&#x27;t simply putting words into symbols. ASL has it&#x27;s own grammar, syntax and even slang. I remember spending 15 minutes trying to figure out what my ASL teacher was saying when he said he &quot;ate champ burger&quot; and it turns out he meant it was the best burger he ever had. To &#x27;translate&#x27; ASL you need to move from symbols to words and then add in the context.<p>Ultimately there is a reason that professionals in this industry are called &quot;sign language interpreters&quot; and not &quot;sign language translators&quot; ASL is really hard to put into spoken or written language.<p>It&#x27;s also worth noting at really high level events an ASL interpreter will translate spoken word into sign and then a &quot;Certified Deaf Interpreter&quot; will re-sign it because the ASL of someone who is has communicated in sign their entire life has far more facial expression and meaning than even professional interpreters who are hearing.<p>I think it&#x27;s great to see advancements in technology trying to assist the deaf community, but I think it&#x27;s important to get early involvement rather than assume we know what people need.<p>I hope they keep up the great work - it&#x27;s on the right path.