AI-Driven Modular Services for Accessible Multilingual Education in Immersive Extended Reality Settings: Integrating Speech Processing, Translation, and Sign Language Rendering

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Autori principali: Tantaroudas, N. D., McCracken, A. J., Karachalios, I., Papatheou, E.
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author Tantaroudas, N. D.
McCracken, A. J.
Karachalios, I.
Papatheou, E.
author_facet Tantaroudas, N. D.
McCracken, A. J.
Karachalios, I.
Papatheou, E.
contents This work introduces a modular platform that brings together six AI services, automatic speech recognition via OpenAI Whisper, multilingual translation through Meta NLLB, speech synthesis using AWS Polly, emotion classification with RoBERTa, dialogue summarisation via flan t5 base samsum, and International Sign (IS) rendering through Google MediaPipe. A corpus of IS gesture recordings was processed to derive hand landmark coordinates, which were subsequently mapped onto three dimensional avatar animations inside a virtual reality (VR) environment. Validation comprised technical benchmarking of each AI component, including comparative assessments of speech synthesis providers and multilingual translation models (NLLB 200 and EuroLLM 1.7B variants). Technical evaluations confirmed the suitability of the platform for real time XR deployment. Speech synthesis benchmarking established that AWS Polly delivers the lowest latency at a competitive price point. The EuroLLM 1.7B Instruct variant attained a higher BLEU score, surpassing NLLB. These findings establish the viability of orchestrating cross modal AI services within XR settings for accessible, multilingual language instruction. The modular design permits independent scaling and adaptation to varied educational contexts, providing a foundation for equitable learning solutions aligned with European Union digital accessibility goals.
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spellingShingle AI-Driven Modular Services for Accessible Multilingual Education in Immersive Extended Reality Settings: Integrating Speech Processing, Translation, and Sign Language Rendering
Tantaroudas, N. D.
McCracken, A. J.
Karachalios, I.
Papatheou, E.
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Computers and Society
Emerging Technologies
This work introduces a modular platform that brings together six AI services, automatic speech recognition via OpenAI Whisper, multilingual translation through Meta NLLB, speech synthesis using AWS Polly, emotion classification with RoBERTa, dialogue summarisation via flan t5 base samsum, and International Sign (IS) rendering through Google MediaPipe. A corpus of IS gesture recordings was processed to derive hand landmark coordinates, which were subsequently mapped onto three dimensional avatar animations inside a virtual reality (VR) environment. Validation comprised technical benchmarking of each AI component, including comparative assessments of speech synthesis providers and multilingual translation models (NLLB 200 and EuroLLM 1.7B variants). Technical evaluations confirmed the suitability of the platform for real time XR deployment. Speech synthesis benchmarking established that AWS Polly delivers the lowest latency at a competitive price point. The EuroLLM 1.7B Instruct variant attained a higher BLEU score, surpassing NLLB. These findings establish the viability of orchestrating cross modal AI services within XR settings for accessible, multilingual language instruction. The modular design permits independent scaling and adaptation to varied educational contexts, providing a foundation for equitable learning solutions aligned with European Union digital accessibility goals.
title AI-Driven Modular Services for Accessible Multilingual Education in Immersive Extended Reality Settings: Integrating Speech Processing, Translation, and Sign Language Rendering
topic Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Computers and Society
Emerging Technologies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.05591