The first thing that inspired me was The ASL Machine featured in the 2021 p5.js showcase. I thought it was really cool that someone made a way for p5 to detect the American Sign Language alphabet, and I decided I wanted to try to do this and incorporate it into my final project in some way. I learned the basics of ASL about three years ago, and since then, have loved the language and have been an advocate for people to learn at least the basics of the language. So, I decided I wanted to make a tool to help people learn the ASL alphabet. As a result, I decided to make a fun educational tool as my final project.
LINK TO THE ASL MACHINE
The second thing that inspired me was the LiveChat typing speed test. For my final project, I knew I wanted to have the letters appear on the screen once the player signed them, but I did not know exactly how I wanted to do this until I saw how the typing works on LiveChat. When the typing test is being completed, the letters will turn a different color once the player has typed them. I thought this was really cool and a good way to give player feedback, so I decided to incorporate this into my project.
The third thing that inspired me was the Classify This project. Due to this project, I knew about Teachable Machine and how it can be used to distinguish shapes, colors, objects, etc. So, I decided to use it for my project to detect which letter the player is signing.
