Annotated Arabic Sign Language News Dataset

The Annotated Arabic Sign Language News Dataset comprises 14 JSON files, each containing annotations for 14 publicly available news videos sourced from the Al Jazeera Channel on YouTube. The annotations are carried out by a native deaf specialist under the guidance of the Mada Qatar Assistive Technology Center, ensuring high-quality labeling of signs performed by a professional sign language interpreter. Each JSON file includes time-aligned sign labels, facilitating various sign language processing tasks such as recognition, translation, and synthesis. Some signs remain unrecognized, marked with a special label as a disclaimer. This dataset is a valuable resource for researchers and developers focusing on Arabic sign language technologies, contributing to advancing sign language processing in the digital domain.

This JSON file contains annotations for a news video sourced from Al Jazeera's YouTube channel. The annotations are done by a native deaf specialist and are structured in a sequential manner, with each sign annotated along with its corresponding start and end times. The annotations include the Arabic sign labels representing the interpreted signs used in the video.

For example:
- The sign "كلهم" ("all of them") appears between 45.106 and 45.436 seconds.
- The sign "اخبار" ("news") appears between 45.436 and 45.867 seconds.
- The sign "تميم" ("Tamim") appears between 48.971 and 49.832 seconds.

The dataset also includes a special label for unrecognized signs, labeled as "لا اعرف الإشارة" ("I don’t know the sign"). For instance, this label is used between 46.736 and 48.191 seconds, indicating that the sign was not recognized by the interpreter.

These annotations are useful for sign language processing tasks such as recognition, translation, and analysis of sign language videos.

《标注阿拉伯手语新闻数据集》包含14个JSON文件，每个文件均包含14个源自YouTube的半岛电视台新闻视频的标注。这些标注由一位精通阿拉伯手语的聋人专家在Mada卡塔尔辅助技术中心的指导下完成，确保了由专业手语翻译者执行的手语标注具有高质量。每个JSON文件均包含时间对齐的手语标签，便于进行各种手语处理任务，如识别、翻译和合成。某些手势因识别困难而未被识别，并以特殊标签“未知手势”作为免责声明。本数据集对于专注于阿拉伯手语技术的研究人员和开发者而言，是一份宝贵的资源，有助于推动数字领域手语处理技术的进步。

此JSON文件包含源自半岛电视台YouTube频道的新闻视频的标注。标注由一位精通阿拉伯手语的聋人专家执行，并按顺序排列，每个手势标注均附有相应的起始时间和结束时间。标注包括代表视频中使用的解释手势的阿拉伯手语标签。

例如：
- 手势“كلهم”（意为“他们所有人”）出现在45.106至45.436秒之间。
- 手势“اخبار”（意为“新闻”）出现在45.436至45.867秒之间。
- 手势“تميم”（意为“Tamim”）出现在48.971至49.832秒之间。

数据集还包括一个特殊标签，用于标注无法识别的手势，标签为“لا اعرف الإشارة”（意为“我不知道这个手势”）。例如，此标签用于46.736至48.191秒之间，表明该手势未被翻译者识别。

这些标注对于手语处理任务，如手势识别、翻译和分析手语视频，非常有用。