SebastianMejia

Daló is a bidirectional web prototype that facilitates the communication of everyday expressions between users of Colombian Sign Language (LSC) and people who communicate in Spanish. In one direction, it allows users to type or dictate an expression in Spanish to reproduce its equivalent in LSC using an animated avatar. In the other direction, it uses the camera to record a sign for three seconds and suggests its meaning in Spanish, which the user can confirm or reject before using it. Currently, Daló includes 33 animated expressions and recognizes 11 signs related to greetings and politeness: Hello, Thank you, Bye, Perfect, Wait, I’m sorry, Welcome, Excuse me, Good, Bad, and Very good. The problem it aims to solve is the communication barrier that arises when a deaf person who uses LSC and a hearing Spanish-speaking person need to interact but do not share a common language and do not have an interpreter available. This situation can hinder everyday conversations and access to services, information, and social spaces. Daló offers an immediate technological alternative for basic, one-off exchanges. It does not aim to freely translate all of LSC or replace professional interpreters, but rather to serve as a support tool to facilitate more accessible and inclusive initial communication.