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+tags:
+  - ASL
+  - American Sign Language
+  - Gesture Recognition
+  - Video Dataset
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+
+# American Sign Language (ASL) Dataset
+
+**Description:**  
+This dataset contains **108,618 videos** representing **2,208 ASL words**, with each word having a minimum of **30 videos**. The videos were **scraped, collected from multiple sources, and preprocessed** to ensure consistency, quality, and usability for machine learning and gesture recognition tasks. Each video is **≤10 MB**, optimized for storage and model training.  
+The dataset can be used for ASL gesture recognition, video-based ML tasks, and model training for research and educational purposes.
+
+## Folder Structure
+
+E:\Dataset\American-Sign-Language-Dataset
+├── part1\       # First subset of videos (≤10,000 files)
+├── part2\       # Second subset of videos (≤10,000 files)
+├── part3\       # Third subset of videos (≤10,000 files)
+├── README.md    # This file
+└── dataset.csv  # CSV file mapping words to video paths
+
+- Each subfolder contains **≤10,000 video files** to comply with Hugging Face repository limits.  
+- Videos are organized into multiple parts to prevent exceeding per-folder file limits.  
+- `dataset.csv` maps each ASL word to its respective video path.  
+- `README.md` provides detailed dataset information and usage instructions.
+
+## CSV File (`dataset.csv`)
+
+The CSV contains the following columns:
+
+| Column       | Description                                 |
+|-------------|---------------------------------------------|
+| `word`      | The ASL word represented in the video       |
+| `video_path`| Relative path to the video file in the repo |
+
+**Example:**
+
+| word   | video_path                |
+|--------|---------------------------|
+| HELLO  | part1/12345-HELLO.mp4    |
+| THANKS | part2/67890-THANKS.mp4   |
+| YES    | part3/54321-YES.mp4      |
+
+- All paths are **relative to the root dataset folder**.
+
+## Dataset Statistics
+
+- **Total videos:** 108,618  
+- **Total words:** 2,208  
+- **Minimum videos per word:** 30  
+- **Maximum files per folder:** ≤10,000 (split into 3 parts)
+
+## Usage Example
+
+import pandas as pd
+
+# Load CSV
+df = pd.read_csv("dataset.csv")
+
+# Example: filter videos for the word "HELLO"
+hello_videos = df[df['word'] == 'HELLO']['video_path'].tolist()
+print(hello_videos)
+
+## Key Usage Notes
+
+- Recommended to split dataset into subfolders due to repository file limits.  
+- Dataset combines multiple sources and has been carefully cleaned to remove duplicates and corrupted videos.  
+- Ensure that all video paths in `dataset.csv` match the actual subfolder structure when using programmatically.  
+- Large uploads were handled using Hugging Face's `upload-large-folder` utility.
+
+## Citation
+
+If using this dataset in research:
+
+American Sign Language Dataset, collected and preprocessed by Zahid Yasin Mittha, 2025.
+
+## License
+
+This dataset is released under the **MIT License**.  
+You are free to use, modify, and distribute it for research, educational, or commercial purposes, with proper attribution.