The Communication Centre for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The First Icelandic Sign Language (ÍTM) Data Published on CLARIN-IS
4th November 2026
Finnur Ágúst Ingimundarson has completed his Master's thesis in language technology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, where he explored the potential of automatic recognition of Icelandic Sign Language (ÍTM).
In his research, Finnur used ÍTM data from SignWiki to investigate how language technology solutions can recognize signs. The thesis is now available online, with abstracts in both Icelandic and ÍTM, translated into ÍTM by Árný Guðmundsdóttir.
The SignWiki data used in Finnur's research have also been published on CLARIN-IS, a repository for Icelandic language data and language technology software. These are the first Icelandic Sign Language data to be published there, marking an important step towards making ÍTM data accessible for research and the development of language technology.
Congratulations to Finnur on this achievement!