An Avatar-Based Italian Sign Language Visualization System

Andrea Falletto; Paolo Prinetto; Gabriele Tiotto

Electronic Healthcare. First International Conference, eHealth 2008, London, UK, September 8-9, 2008. Revised Selected Papers

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An Avatar-Based Italian Sign Language Visualization System

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-00413-1_19,
    author={Andrea Falletto and Paolo Prinetto and Gabriele Tiotto},
    title={An Avatar-Based Italian Sign Language Visualization System},
    proceedings={Electronic Healthcare. First International Conference, eHealth 2008, London, UK, September 8-9, 2008. Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={E-HEALTH},
    year={2012},
    month={5},
    keywords={Sign Languages Computer Graphics Virtual Reality E-Inclusion},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-00413-1_19}
}

Andrea Falletto
Paolo Prinetto
Gabriele Tiotto
Year: 2012
An Avatar-Based Italian Sign Language Visualization System
E-HEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00413-1_19

Andrea Falletto¹^,*, Paolo Prinetto²^,*, Gabriele Tiotto²^,*

1: RAI, Centro Ricerche e Innovazione Tecnologica
2: Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica

*Contact email: a.falletto@rai.it, Paolo.Prinetto@polito.it, Gabriele.Tiotto@polito.it

Abstract

In this paper, we present an experimental system that supports the translation from Italian to Italian Sign Language (ISL) of the deaf and its visualization through a virtual character. Our objective is to develop a complete platform useful for any application and reusable on several platforms including Web, Digital Television and offline text translation. The system relies on a database that stores both a corpus of Italian words and words coded in the ISL notation system. An interface for the insertion of data is implemented, that allows future extensions and integrations.

Keywords: Sign Languages Computer Graphics Virtual Reality E-Inclusion

Published: 2012-05-09

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00413-1_19