A grid of screenshots from the ASL Citizen dataset, showing different people performing different signs in American Sign Language.

ASL Citizen

A Community-sourced Dataset for Advancing Isolated Sign Language Recognition

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Blue to green gradient. Two rows of hands: the top row signing ASL and the bottom row signing Data.
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ASL Citizen is the first crowdsourced sign language dataset, advancing the state of the art in sign recognition. The web-based project captured input from people in real-world settings, and from a diverse group of experts, including Deaf team members.

Microsoft Research Focus 20 | Week of July 17, 2023
Microsoft Research Blog

RetroRanker mitigates frequency bias in predictions of retrosynthesis models; new algorithm beats PPO on language tasks; DER dataset aids grid planning; improved PPML balances privacy & accuracy across shared data; ASL Citizen boosts sign language modeling.