STS-Mocap-v1: Swedish to Swedish Sign Language Sentence Translations

Swedish sentences from the simplified news website 8sidor.se are translated sentence-by-sentence into Swedish Sign Language (STS). The dataset has a total duration of 4.1 hours and was created by AnnaKlez, with a last update recorded on March 16, 2026. Associated face data is scheduled for publication later in spring or summer 2026.

Use Cases

• Train text-to-3D sign language models based on the sentence-level annotations aligned to frames.
• Develop Swedish Sign Language (STS) translation systems based on the sentence-by-sentence translations.
• Analyze linguistic patterns in simplified news text and their corresponding sign language representations.
• Create educational tools for Swedish Sign Language learning based on news content.

Strengths

• Total duration of 4.1 hours provides a substantial base for model training.
• Sentence-level annotations allow for precise alignment between text and sign language frames.
• Source text is from a controlled, simplified news domain (8sidor.se).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The core face data component is not yet available, scheduled for 2026.

Provenance

Source

huggingface

Collection Method

Sentence-by-sentence translations from spoken Swedish to Swedish Sign Language (STS).

Time Range

Publication timeframe indicated for 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-16 10:25:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sweden (Swedish language and Swedish Sign Language).