A model to support sign language content development for digital television

Author

De Brito, Ronnie Fagundes ; Pereira, Alice T Cybis

Author_Institution

Dept. de Eng. e Gestao do Conhecimento, Univ. Fed. de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil

fYear

2009

fDate

5-7 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper proposes a model to support sign language content development and deployment in digital television scenarios. The model objective is to overcome traditional video limitations on the production of signed content and improve accessibility on digital television. Previous work on sign and gesture recognition, sign notation systems and avatar animation are reviewed. Sign communication requirements are investigated and adequate algorithms are identified to enable sign language processing and transmission. An application interface is proposed in order to access the model functionalities. The final discussion lists the benefits and limitations of the proposed model.

Keywords

digital television; gesture recognition; interactive systems; avatar animation; digital television; gesture recognition; sign language content development; sign language processing; sign language transmission; sign notation systems; Animation; Avatars; Convergence; Deafness; Digital TV; Handicapped aids; Production; Proposals; Turning; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia Signal Processing, 2009. MMSP '09. IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Rio De Janeiro

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4463-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4464-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMSP.2009.5293266

Filename

5293266