DACTYLO
Sign Language Education through Virtual Reality
Dactylo 3: Everyone can learn sign language
Oculus Quest 2 VR software
"Everyone can learn sign language" - inspired by Dr. Roberta J. Cordano's (Gallaudet University President) initiative that every child should learn sign language from birth. We aim to further this mission and believe that every person, child or adult, hearing or deaf, can learn sign language! In partnership with Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Regional STEM Center (NRSC), Dactylo 3 software utilizes VR to promote the goal of making sign language learning accessible to everyone.
Team
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Darrin Griffin, Project Director
Elizabeth Tagg, Project Manager Harry Wood, STEM Education Specialist Stephen Young, Software Developer Sydney Burkhart, Graduate Researcher Fareed Bordbar, Post-doctoral Researcher Jay Waters, Project Mentor |
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Dactylo 2: Learn Fingerspelling via Google Cardboard
Google Cardboard software
2020 - 2021, Utilizing VR during the pandemic - Google Cardboard provided us with a safe and affordable way to continue our software development to provide basics of sign language via fingerspelling to students who are seeking to learn the fundamentals of sign language. Available on the Apple Store and Google Play.
Team
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Darrin Griffin
Elizabeth Tagg Stephen Young Jay Waters Sydney Burkhart Fareed Bordbar |
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Support for this project provided by:
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The University of Alabama Office of Research and Economic Development Award
Award Amount: $6,000 Spring 2020 |
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Alabama Entrepreneur Institute 2021 Faculty/Staff Innovation Pitch
2nd place prize: $3,000
Summer 2021
2nd place prize: $3,000
Summer 2021
Dactylo 1 (initial prototype): See your signs with VR gloves
HTC Vive Software
2018-2019, This project was the initial prototype for utilizing VR to learn sign language. It was initiated as an undergraduate research project and developed into a model for our future and current software development initiatives.
Team
Darrin Griffin
Sydney Burkhart
Christopher Trinh, Boston University
Andrew Laningham
Sydney Burkhart
Christopher Trinh, Boston University
Andrew Laningham
Support for this project provided by:
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Alabama Power Undergraduate Research Grant
Award Amount: $5,000 Student Researcher: Sydney Burkhart Software Developer: Christopher Trinh, Boston University Mentor: Dr. Darrin Griffin |
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Demo of Dactylo 1
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