NDLI: Linguistic modelling and language-processing technologies for Avatar-based sign language presentation

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Author	Elliott, R. Glauert, J. R. W. Kennaway, J. R. Marshall, I. Safar, E.
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	Sign languages are the native languages for many pre-lingually deaf people and must be treated as genuine natural languages worthy of academic study in their own right. For such pre-lingually deaf, whose familiarity with their local spoken language is that of a second language learner, written text is much less useful than is commonly thought. This paper presents research into sign language generation from English text at the University of East Anglia that has involved sign language grammar development to support synthesis and visual realisation of sign language by a virtual human avatar. One strand of research in the ViSiCAST and eSIGN projects has concentrated on the generation in real time of sign language performance by a virtual human (avatar) given a phonetic-level description of the required sign sequence. A second strand has explored generation of such a phonetic description from English text. The utility of the conducted research is illustrated in the context of sign language synthesis by a preliminary consideration of plurality and placement within a grammar for British Sign Language (BSL). Finally, ways in which the animation generation subsystem has been used to develop signed content on public sector Web sites are also illustrated.
Starting Page	375
Ending Page	391
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	16155289
Journal	Universal Access in the Information Society
Volume Number	6
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	16155297
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2007-10-26
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Business Information Systems Computers and Society Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet) Information Storage and Retrieval Computer Communication Networks User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Networks and Communications Information Systems Human-Computer Interaction Software

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