ASL Translate

This project allows the translation of English into an ASL sign by giving the user a GIF file showing the live signing of an ASL term. It also allows a user to use filters to search for ASL signs that can be translated back to English using the five parameters:

• handshape
• location
• movement
• orientation
• facial expression :)

🔨 Install Dependencies

# if you do not have NodeJS installed
sudo apt update && sudo apt install nodejs npm

🔧 Build

# installs dependencies/packages tracked by this project
npm install .
# compile and run the frontend locally
npm start

Move the .env file into the project root directory, then run the following to run the backend locally.

# if you want to use the latest node binary replace nodejs -> node
nodejs ./backend/server.js

📈 Production

You will need to install a dependency to use serve, this is recommended after running npm run build.

sudo npm install -g serve

Prepare production build and serve as a static server.

npm run build && server -s build