ELRA - Teaching Brazilian Sign Language Using Augmented Reality

Author

Rabelo Nazareth, Debora ; Dos Santos Alencar, Marcio Aurelio ; De Magalhaes Netto, Jose Francisco

Author_Institution

Escola Super. de Tecnol. - EST, Univ. do Estado do Amazonas Manaus, Manaus, Brazil

fYear

2014

fDate

12-15 May 2014

Firstpage

110

Lastpage

113

Abstract

With the spread of information technologies and communication, the creation and use of intelligent systems have contributed to the social and digital inclusion and promoting citizenship of people. Children with hearing loss need to be inserted in early learning in signs in Brazilian Sign Language(LIBRAS). This paper describes ELRA application that uses Augmented Reality in the teaching-learning of LIBRAS. The application is under development and explores 3D objects to help children, mediated by technology.

Keywords

augmented reality; computer aided instruction; handicapped aids; natural language processing; sign language recognition; teaching; Brazilian sign language teaching; ELRA; LIBRAS; augmented reality; hearing loss; intelligent systems; learning in signs in Brazilian sign language; Assistive technology; Augmented reality; Education; Gesture recognition; Personal digital assistants; Software; Three-dimensional displays; LIBRAS; PDA; Sign Language; deaf; education;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual and Augmented Reality (SVR), 2014 XVI Symposium on

Conference_Location

Piata Salvador

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SVR.2014.37

Filename

6913080