import os
from PIL import Image

def load_dataset(dataset_path="asl_dataset"):
    mapping = {}
    for letter in sorted(os.listdir(dataset_path)):
        letter_path = os.path.join(dataset_path, letter)
        if not os.path.isdir(letter_path):
            continue
        for img_file in os.listdir(letter_path):
            img_path = os.path.join(letter_path, img_file)
            mapping[img_file] = letter
    return mapping

image_labels = load_dataset()