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		docbrown on Jan 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google wins U.S. approval for radar-based hand mot... One area in which I think this could be big: deaf culture. Instead of a device being triggered by voice, you can trigger commands by spelling them out via ASL and hoping NL can predict wisely or give choices -> wait for users response signal.

lupire on Jan 2, 2019 | [–]

There's an app for that.

https://motionsavvy.com/uni.html

The OP is more about 3-d recognition of mimed actions like turning dials and pushing buttons (Virtual Reality applications) than recognizing symbols.

thfuran on Jan 2, 2019 | [–]

I don't think something like this will be capable of handling ASL any time soon.

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