Isharah Continuous Sign Language Recognition and Translation Dataset
The first large-scale continuous Saudi Sign Language (SSL) dataset
The first large-scale continuous Saudi Sign Language (SSL) dataset
Isharah is a large-scale dataset for Continuous Saudi Sign Language (SSL) recognition and translation. It features over 30,000 video samples signed by deaf and hearing-impaired individuals using smartphones in varied settings.
The dataset supports both Continuous Sign Language Recognition (CSLR) and Sign Language Translation (SLT), and includes Sentence-level gloss annotations and Corresponding Arabic translations. Three benchmark subsets are included: Isharah-500, Isharah-1000, and Isharah-2000.
If you use Isharah in your work, please cite:
@ARTICLE{11397217,
author={Alyami, Sarah and Luqman, Hamzah and Al-Azani, Sadam and Alowaifeer, Maad and Alharbi, Yazeed and Alonaizan, Yaser},
journal={IEEE Transactions on Multimedia},
title={Isharah: A Large-Scale Multi-Scene Dataset for Continuous Sign Language Recognition},
year={2026},
volume={},
number={},
pages={1-9},
keywords={Sign Language Recognition;Continuous Sign Language Recognition;Sign Language Translation;Arabic Sign Language;Sign Language Dataset},
doi={10.1109/TMM.2026.3664959}}