ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SANJAY KRISHNA RAJMOHAN MENON, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore | Coimbatore, India | Advancing SDG 10, SDG 9 & UNAI 3
" " Working with like-minded peers with common goals but different approach such that we can try and experiment different things and learn from it" "
Millennium Fellowship Project: SignSpeak: A Real-Time Tamil Fingerspelling Translation System
This project presents a novel approach for recognizing and
translating Tamil fingerspelling using image-to-text conversion and subsequent
text-to-speech synthesis. Focusing on the Tamil Language Finger
Spelling 23 (TLFS 23) dataset, which contains 247 characters depicting
a wide array of Tamil fingerspelling gestures, we apply a multiclass classification
process to develop an effective model for accurately identifying
and transcribing images of fingerspelling into their corresponding textual
forms. Following transcription, the text is converted into spoken Tamil
through speech synthesis techniques to improve communication accessibility
for Tamil-speaking individuals. The comprehensive evaluation of
the TFLS 23 dataset supports the method’s viability and effectiveness,
significantly mitigating language barriers and enhancing communication
within the Tamil fingerspelling community.
About the Millennium Fellow
I'm Sanjay Krishna, I'm originally from Qatar where I have done my schooling after which I've moved to India, Coimbatore for my higher studies where I'm currently pursuing bachelor's in Artificial Intelligence. That said, I'm really passionate about technology and I dwell and find ways to make our lives easier using tech and apart from that I'm really interested and curious as to know how to promote sustainability using trending technologies especially AI.
