Title :
An on-line sign language communication system
Author :
Siau, Tan Long ; Li, Ling
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Deaf people are unable to communicate using speech. They are resorted to use gesture communication. Currently most sign language resources in the web are in video format and they take significant amount of time to download. This paper proposes an online sign language communication system. The system consists of three parts: an editor to create the animation sequence for the sign language; a viewer applet for the user to view the sign language animation files online; and a website for people to upload their own sign language animation series and to learn sign language online. The system is simple, efficient with low cost.
Keywords :
computer animation; gesture recognition; handicapped aids; information retrieval; animation sequence; editor; gesture communication; online sign language communication system; sign language resources; viewer applet; website; Animation; Biological system modeling; Deafness; Handicapped aids; Humans; Internet; Joints; Libraries; Pelvis; Speech;
Conference_Titel :
Web Information Systems Engineering, 2001. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1393-X
DOI :
10.1109/WISE.2001.996475
