Only two letters in ASL fingerspelling have motion: J and Z. Their characteristic motion makes them easy to spot during fingerspelling, and since they are relatively rare letters, their presence in a word are a major clue as to what the word is.
\nP and Q are distinct in their own way. For both, the hand is tilted down, and that only occurs for these two letters.
\n\nUnfortunately, these handshapes are not common in videos used to train handtrackers, which may have difficulty in producing correct landmarks. However, the downward motion made when switching from a preceeding letter to a P or Q followed by the upward motion for the next letter should be a pretty strong feature.
\nSymbols in ASL can vary greatly from signer to signer. However, some, like +, can be consistent.
\nOne way to get a sense of how these symbols are signed is to type the English name of them into the
\n\nTry typing \"plus\" or \"quote\"
\nOr visit the dictionary on YouTube
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/@smartsigndictionary
\n(I believe the license on most of the dictionary videos is for educational use only, so they can not be used for the competition. Sorry!)
", "messages": [ { "id": 2302886, "postDate": "2023-06-15T00:02:55.453Z", "content": "Only two letters in ASL fingerspelling have motion: J and Z. Their characteristic motion makes them easy to spot during fingerspelling, and since they are relatively rare letters, their presence in a word are a major clue as to what the word is.
\nP and Q are distinct in their own way. For both, the hand is tilted down, and that only occurs for these two letters.
\n\nUnfortunately, these handshapes are not common in videos used to train handtrackers, which may have difficulty in producing correct landmarks. However, the downward motion made when switching from a preceeding letter to a P or Q followed by the upward motion for the next letter should be a pretty strong feature.
\nSymbols in ASL can vary greatly from signer to signer. However, some, like +, can be consistent.
\nOne way to get a sense of how these symbols are signed is to type the English name of them into the
\n\nTry typing \"plus\" or \"quote\"
\nOr visit the dictionary on YouTube
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/@smartsigndictionary
\n(I believe the license on most of the dictionary videos is for educational use only, so they can not be used for the competition. Sorry!)
", "rawMarkdown": "Only two letters in ASL fingerspelling have motion: J and Z. Their characteristic motion makes them easy to spot during fingerspelling, and since they are relatively rare letters, their presence in a word are a major clue as to what the word is.\n\nP and Q are distinct in their own way. For both, the hand is tilted down, and that only occurs for these two letters.\n\n[Fingerspelling chart](https://deafchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ASL-Alphabet-ASDC.pdf)\n\nUnfortunately, these handshapes are not common in videos used to train handtrackers, which may have difficulty in producing correct landmarks. However, the downward motion made when switching from a preceeding letter to a P or Q followed by the upward motion for the next letter should be a pretty strong feature.\n\nSymbols in ASL can vary greatly from signer to signer. However, some, like +, can be consistent.\n\nOne way to get a sense of how these symbols are signed is to type the English name of them into the \n\n[SMARTSignDictionary](http://storage.googleapis.com/smartsigndictionary.org/index.htm)\n\nTry typing \"plus\" or \"quote\"\n\nOr visit the dictionary on YouTube\n\n[https://www.youtube.com/@smartsigndictionary](https://www.youtube.com/@smartsigndictionary)\n\n(I believe the license on most of the dictionary videos is for educational use only, so they can not be used for the competition. Sorry!)\n\n\n\n", "votes": 8 }, { "id": 2303755, "postDate": "2023-06-15T13:05:18.983Z", "content": "Thanks a lot, @thadstarner
\nDomain knowledge is key to good machine learning and I'm learning a lot from your posts!
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks a lot, @thadstarner \n\nDomain knowledge is key to good machine learning and I'm learning a lot from your posts!" } ], "comments": [ { "id": 2303755, "author_name": "Wondering Alice", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-15T13:05:18.983000", "content": "Thanks a lot, @thadstarner
\nDomain knowledge is key to good machine learning and I'm learning a lot from your posts!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "2302886": "Only two letters in ASL fingerspelling have motion: J and Z. Their characteristic motion makes them easy to spot during fingerspelling, and since they are relatively rare letters, their presence in a word are a major clue as to what the word is.\n\nP and Q are distinct in their own way. For both, the hand is tilted down, and that only occurs for these two letters.\n\n[Fingerspelling chart](https://deafchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ASL-Alphabet-ASDC.pdf)\n\nUnfortunately, these handshapes are not common in videos used to train handtrackers, which may have difficulty in producing correct landmarks. However, the downward motion made when switching from a preceeding letter to a P or Q followed by the upward motion for the next letter should be a pretty strong feature.\n\nSymbols in ASL can vary greatly from signer to signer. However, some, like +, can be consistent.\n\nOne way to get a sense of how these symbols are signed is to type the English name of them into the \n\n[SMARTSignDictionary](http://storage.googleapis.com/smartsigndictionary.org/index.htm)\n\nTry typing \"plus\" or \"quote\"\n\nOr visit the dictionary on YouTube\n\n[https://www.youtube.com/@smartsigndictionary](https://www.youtube.com/@smartsigndictionary)\n\n(I believe the license on most of the dictionary videos is for educational use only, so they can not be used for the competition. Sorry!)\n\n\n\n", "2303755": "Thanks a lot, @thadstarner \n\nDomain knowledge is key to good machine learning and I'm learning a lot from your posts!" } }