Investigating The Use Of Leap Motion Controller In Recognition Of Arabic Sign Language

Abstract

We communicate daily using multiple means. However, a respectable percentage of people  have a specific way of communication. These are deaf people who use sign language as an essential way of communicating. Nowadays, there are many technologies which support the interaction between deaf and surrounding people. Leap Motion Controller (LMC) is a promising technology that has been under investigation to examine its benefit for the deaf community. Different than other studies, this paper aims to examine the benefit of LMC for the users of Arabic sign language (ArSL). This study aims to investigate the completeness and the ease of LMC use in the context of Arabic sign language. The acquired results reveal that LMC would not be a suitable choice for users of Arabic sign language. Due to the design of the device, one of the reasons is inability to catch all of language parts. From the usability study we found that the device had achieve a score of 48 which is considered a very low score on SUS. Moreover, usability concerns have been reported during experiments.