README

Setup

In terminal

python3.9 -m venv venv 

source venv/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

Download Dataset at the following link:

https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/darthpenguin/merged-asl-alphabets/data

Place the dataset folder into this project folder and rename dataset_1 in training.ipynb

Files

functions.py

This file defines functions to be used for dataset generation, dataset loading, training, validation

PointCNN.py

Defines the model using PointCNN architecture 

PointNet.py

Defines the model using PointNet architecture

training.ipynb

This file is to load use the functions from functions.py to create the dataset and other steps until testing
When accessing this file, select the venv as the kernel.

app.py

This file uses a the stored models and runs an application.
set model_path to be the path of the model you would like to use.