Bring automatic sign language translation to the masses.
I've spent six years recording American Sign Language in a motion-capture suit and giving the results away for free. Before that: mortgages, a provincial vaccine booking line, and order entry for a logistics company.
The Sign Language Mocap Archive
A public, CC0 library of sign language motion capture, recorded since 2020 under the Studio Galt name. No rights reserved. Retarget it to your own characters, ship it in a game, train a model on it, or fix my mistakes and send them back.
How it's made
Every sign is performed in an Xsens Link suit with StretchSense gloves, cleaned in Blender, and published with a rendered reference video, a shapekey record for facial movement, and JSON pose files for every key frame. When a sign turns out wrong, the corrected take is added under a new date and the old one stays, so any result can be reproduced.
Rig flow
- FK / IK controls
- Intermediate rig
- Correction bones
- Deform rig
The avatar, Galtis, is open source too.
What's in the box
- SG ASL Dictionary and SG ASL Fingerspelling collections
- FBX exports mapped to Mixamo, the Unreal Engine mannequin, and Rigify
- Game-ready mesh files plus lighter no-mesh research sets
- Blender pose libraries and per-pose JSON compatible with Jason Pose Manager
- Load-tested in Maya, Nvidia Omniverse, Unity, and Unreal; glTF and USD next
Tooling around the archive: Python automation for FBX import/export, batch mesh stripping, sentence assembly from single-sign clips, and a Blender-to-AI-video pipeline for ASL content.
Experience
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2022–26
Financial Order Entry
Descartes Systems Group, remote
- Processed contracts within 24 hours of release.
- Maintained the SAP database and kept contracts current.
- Built a follow-up procedure so outstanding contracts were actioned rather than lost.
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2021–22
Vaccine Scheduling Agent
Ontario Provincial Booking Line for MGCS, remote
- Developed and ran an internal support line for escalations and policy questions.
- Reviewed live processes to find gaps and reduce risk exposure.
- Managed a team of 20 agents: coaching, training, and development.
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2018–19
Call Centre Specialist
CMLS Financial, Toronto
- Handled mortgage inquiries against an SLA of 80% of calls answered within 20 seconds.
- Processed financial and non-financial transactions at a 95% QA score.
- Spotted cross-selling opportunities for mid-term partners while staying inside CMLS and regulatory documentation rules.
- Supported collections and negotiated payment arrangements.
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2020–
Maintainer, Sign Language Mocap Archive
Studio Galt, independent
- Over 2,000 motions published in Mixamo, Unreal Engine, and Rigify-compatible formats.
- Hands-on with Marionette, QuickMagic, MVN Animate, and Hand Engine.
- Cleanup and retargeting pipelines in Blender, Maya, Unreal Engine, and Nvidia Omniverse.
- Wrote the animation pipeline and the tools that clean up sign language animation.
Education
- 2020Certificate in Data Analytics, Big Data and Predictive AnalyticsRyerson University
- 2019Editor, A Concise History of HistoryISBN 9781108426190
- 2017CFA Level 1CFA Institute
- 2014Bachelor of Commerce, Management Economics and FinanceUniversity of Guelph
Skills and software
3D animation and mocap
Blender, Maya, Unreal Engine, Nvidia Omniverse, MVN Animate, Marionette, QuickMagic, DeepMotion, DaVinci Resolve. Scripting, automation, and pipeline design.
Programming and data
Python, SQL, R. Data analytics, machine learning, data administration.
Operations and finance
SAP, Salesforce, SharePoint, WordPress, Microsoft Office. Process implementation, team leadership, negotiation, renewals, collections and third-party collections, conflict resolution.
Contact
The archive isn't my full-time job yet. If you want to sponsor it, add a language, or put sign avatars in something you're building, the repository is the best place to start.
github.com/StudioGalt