MCMSL Translator: Malaysian Text Translator for Manually Coded Malay Sign Language

Sign Language forms the natural way of communication for hearing-impaired people just like speech for vocal people. In Malaysia, Manually Coded Malay Sign Language (MCMSL) is only sign language recognizes by Ministry of Education to use in teaching and learning, while Malaysian Sign Language (MSL) i...

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Main Authors: Mazlina, Abdul Majid, Masrulehsan, Mamat, Ruzaini, Abdullah Arshah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6935/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6935/1/ISCI_2014.pdf
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author Mazlina, Abdul Majid
Masrulehsan, Mamat
Ruzaini, Abdullah Arshah
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Ruzaini, Abdullah Arshah
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description Sign Language forms the natural way of communication for hearing-impaired people just like speech for vocal people. In Malaysia, Manually Coded Malay Sign Language (MCMSL) is only sign language recognizes by Ministry of Education to use in teaching and learning, while Malaysian Sign Language (MSL) is the widely used by the hearing-impaired community for communication. In school, current teaching and learning of sign language used a traditional method i.e. flash card, picture etc has made student less interested to learn sign language. Therefore, there is an increasing need to develop multimedia applications that are capable to translate from Malaysian Text to MCMSL and helps students to learn sign language effectively and fun. Thus, this project focused on developing the multimedia application called MCMSL Translator based on Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (Mayer’s CTML), including a video database of MCMSL for primary school. The qualitative approach such as questionnaire, observation and interview will conducted with teachers, students and parents to analyze student performance when using MCMSL Translator.
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spelling ump-69352018-04-12T07:10:11Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6935/ MCMSL Translator: Malaysian Text Translator for Manually Coded Malay Sign Language Mazlina, Abdul Majid Masrulehsan, Mamat Ruzaini, Abdullah Arshah QA76 Computer software Sign Language forms the natural way of communication for hearing-impaired people just like speech for vocal people. In Malaysia, Manually Coded Malay Sign Language (MCMSL) is only sign language recognizes by Ministry of Education to use in teaching and learning, while Malaysian Sign Language (MSL) is the widely used by the hearing-impaired community for communication. In school, current teaching and learning of sign language used a traditional method i.e. flash card, picture etc has made student less interested to learn sign language. Therefore, there is an increasing need to develop multimedia applications that are capable to translate from Malaysian Text to MCMSL and helps students to learn sign language effectively and fun. Thus, this project focused on developing the multimedia application called MCMSL Translator based on Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (Mayer’s CTML), including a video database of MCMSL for primary school. The qualitative approach such as questionnaire, observation and interview will conducted with teachers, students and parents to analyze student performance when using MCMSL Translator. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6935/1/ISCI_2014.pdf Mazlina, Abdul Majid and Masrulehsan, Mamat and Ruzaini, Abdullah Arshah (2014) MCMSL Translator: Malaysian Text Translator for Manually Coded Malay Sign Language. In: IEEE Symposium on Computers & Informatics (ISCI 2014) , 28-29 September 2014 , Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. pp. 1-6.. (Published)
spellingShingle QA76 Computer software
Mazlina, Abdul Majid
Masrulehsan, Mamat
Ruzaini, Abdullah Arshah
MCMSL Translator: Malaysian Text Translator for Manually Coded Malay Sign Language
title MCMSL Translator: Malaysian Text Translator for Manually Coded Malay Sign Language
title_full MCMSL Translator: Malaysian Text Translator for Manually Coded Malay Sign Language
title_fullStr MCMSL Translator: Malaysian Text Translator for Manually Coded Malay Sign Language
title_full_unstemmed MCMSL Translator: Malaysian Text Translator for Manually Coded Malay Sign Language
title_short MCMSL Translator: Malaysian Text Translator for Manually Coded Malay Sign Language
title_sort mcmsl translator: malaysian text translator for manually coded malay sign language
topic QA76 Computer software
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6935/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6935/1/ISCI_2014.pdf