• DocumentCode
    1517960
  • Title

    Constructing a videophone for the hearing impaired using MPEG-4 tools

  • Author

    Sarris, Nikolaos ; Strintzis, Michael G.

  • Author_Institution
    Aristotelian Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • Firstpage
    56
  • Lastpage
    67
  • Abstract
    The Lip Telephone is a special videoconferencing system built by the authors with tools provided by the MPEG-4 audio-visual standard. The videophone achieves high-fidelity representation in the area of the speaker´s mouth, letting lip readers communicate over a standard telephone connection or the Internet
  • Keywords
    audio coding; audio-visual systems; handicapped aids; multimedia communication; teleconferencing; video coding; videotelephony; Internet; Lip Telephone; MPEG-4 audio-visual standard; MPEG-4 tools; hearing impaired; high-fidelity representation; lip readers; speaker mouth; standard telephone connection; videoconferencing system; videophone; Auditory system; Face; Facial animation; Financial advantage program; Humans; Image coding; Image reconstruction; Layout; MPEG 4 Standard; Mouth;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    MultiMedia, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1070-986X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/93.940001
  • Filename
    940001