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No. 1163Problem statementHealth and wellbeing

Indian Sing Language to Text/Speech translation

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Develop real-time Indian Sign Language recognition producing both text and speech in multiple Indian languages. Cover a broad ISL sign/gesture vocabulary to support communication between deaf or hard-of-hearing people and hearing users. The source specifies translation scope but no particular implementation or numerical accuracy target.

No. 1074Problem statementHealth and wellbeing

Learning App for Deaf And Mute and sign language-English/Gujarati converter

Build a learning and communication app for deaf and speech-impaired students in Gujarat, retaining the ISL/Gujarati focus. Teach Gujarati letters, numbers, words and sentences with handwriting practice; include arithmetic, science sign tutorials, exercises and report cards. Translate Gujarati text/news and speech into signs and support reverse communication. Teachers, learners, parents unfamiliar with signing and company HR are named users.

No. 1162Problem statementHealth and wellbeing

AI tool/mobile app for Indian Sign language(ISL) generator from audio-visual content in English/Hindi to ISL content and vice-versa

Create an AI tool or mobile app translating English/Hindi audiovisual information into ISL and supporting interpretation in the reverse direction. The proposed approach combines speech recognition, language processing and vision, generates signs in real time and accounts for regional ISL variation. Examples include translating railway announcements/displays into signs and using a phone camera to help nonsigners understand a signer. Accuracy and ease of use are explicit goals.

No. 1164Problem statementHealth and wellbeing

Indian Version of Nagish App

Develop an accessible mobile app converting speech to text and typed text to voice across Indian languages and dialects, with easy language switching. Support basic offline translation and integration with other communication apps, protecting data and sharing only with consent. Address accent variation, natural intelligible speech output and differing technical familiarity for users with hearing or speech impairments.