AI/MLBefore Sept 2025

GesturePro: Interactive Sign Language Translator

AI-powered ASL translator bridging signers and non-signers. Uses YOLOv8 object detection with LSTM/TCN for real-time ASL-to-text and speech. Shipped as a PWA built with Next.js, FastAPI and PostgreSQL.

Detect

YOLOv8 tracks signing in the live camera feed.

Sequence

LSTM/TCN models turn gestures into language.

Speak

Text and speech output for non-signers.

Product

GesturePro translates American Sign Language in real time—detection with YOLOv8, sequence modeling with LSTM/TCN, and a PWA front end so signers and non-signers can communicate without specialized hardware.

Problem

ASL communication barriers persist when interpreters or specialized devices aren’t available.

Solution

A browser-friendly PWA: camera in, text and speech out, backed by FastAPI and PostgreSQL.

Highlights

  • Real-time ASL-to-text/speech with YOLOv8 + LSTM/TCN
  • Progressive Web App

Specs

Detection
YOLOv8
Sequence models
LSTM / TCN
Frontend
Next.js PWA
API
FastAPI
Data
PostgreSQL
Latency goal
Real time

How it works

  1. 1Open the PWA and allow camera access.
  2. 2Sign in frame; YOLOv8 tracks gestures live.
  3. 3Read the translated text as LSTM/TCN decode the sequence.
  4. 4Enable speech output when speaking to non-signers.

Achievements

  • End-to-end ASL → text/speech stack
  • Shipped as an installable Progressive Web App
  • Full-stack: Next.js, FastAPI, PostgreSQL

Stack

YOLOv8LSTM/TCNNext.jsFastAPIPostgreSQL
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