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Co-creation for sign language processing and translation technology
Lepp,Lisa Shterionov,Dimitar Sisto,Mirella De Chrupała,Grzegorz
Lepp,Lisa
Shterionov,Dimitar
Sisto,Mirella De
Chrupała,Grzegorz
Abstract
Sign language machine translation (SLMT)-the task of automatically translating between sign and spoken languages or between sign languages-is a complex task within the field of NLP. Its multi-modal and non-linear nature require the joint efforts of sign language (SL) linguists, technical experts, and SL users. Effective user involvement is a challenge that can be addressed through co-creation. Co-creation has been formally defined in many fields, e.g., business, marketing, educational, and others; however, in NLP and in particular in SLMT, there is no formal, widely accepted definition. Starting from the inception and evolution of co-creation across various fields over time, we develop a relationship typology to address the collaboration between deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing researchers and the co-creation with SL users. We compare this new typology to the guiding principles of participatory design for NLP. We then assess 111 articles from the perspective of involvement of SL users and highlight the lack of involvement of the sign language community or users in decision-making processes required for effective co-creation. Finally, we derive formal guidelines for co-creation for SLMT which take the dynamic nature of co-creation throughout the life cycle of a research project into account.
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2025-04-04
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co-creation, machine translation, relationship typology, sign language community, sign language machine translation, sign languages, techniques
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Lepp, L, Shterionov, D, Sisto, M D & Chrupała, G 2025, 'Co-creation for sign language processing and translation technology', Information, vol. 16, no. 4, 290, pp. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.3390/info16040290