This paper describes a new approach to program optimization that allows general purpose code to benefit from the optimization power of domain-specific compilers. The key to this approach is a synthesis-based technique to raise the level of abstraction of general-purpose code to enable aggressive domain-specific optimizations. We have been implementing this approach in an extensible system calle...

Hand gestures play a vital role in communication between people during their daily lives. The major use of hand gestures as a mean of communication can be found mostly in the form of sign languages. Sign language is a popular communication method that can be used between deaf and dumb people. A translator is definitely needed when a person wants to communicate with a deaf one. Sign Language is ...

This paper describes the design, development and field evaluation of a Spanish into Spanish Sign Language (LSE: Lengua de Signos Española) translation system. The developed system is focused on helping Deaf people when they want to renew their Driver’s License. The system is composed of a speech recognizer (for decoding the spoken utterance into a word sequence), a natural language translator (...

Received: April 25, 2003; Accepted: May 15, 2003 Correspondence: Hsiao-Yu Lee, Professor Department of Management Information Science, Far East College, Tainan, Taiwan E-Mail: [email protected] munication devices, such as communication boards or electronic or compute-based alternative communication devices, also often referred to as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices, to ...

Abstract A mobile translator is a application that can be utilised for translating from English to any other dialect, and vice versa. The problem of language difference has hindered effective information communication over the years. There have been difficulties in amid countries In modern times, interpreters must understand speak both translated verse-visa. This traditional approach used solvi...

From a Translation Studies perspective, translation assessment is gradually becoming more popular thanks to increasing academic interest in translator education. In fact, we believe that evaluation should be deeply explored order systematise and consolidate how it carried out, especially particular Brazilian context. As still witness an unwelcome focus on summative of students with little room ...