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
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;
Journal_Title :
MultiMedia, IEEE
