Generating Window of Sign Languages on ITU J.200-Based Middlewares

Sign languages are natural languages used by the deaf to communicate. Currently, the use of sign language on TV is still limited to a window with a sign language interpreter showed into the original video program. This approach has some problems, such as high operational costs, need for a full-time...

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Published inInternational journal of multimedia data engineering & management Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 20 - 40
Main Authors Ferreira, Felipe Lacet Silva, Ugulino de Araújo, Tiago Maritan, Lemos, Felipe Hermínio, Neto, Gutenberg Pessoa Botelho, Filho, José Ivan Bezerra Vilarouca, Filho, Guido Lemos de Souza
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hershey IGI Global 01.04.2012
Subjects
Adaptive technology
Brazil
Compatibility
Deaf people
Digital television
Human
Interpreters
Languages
Middleware
Multimedia
Specifications
Television
Brazil
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Summary:Sign languages are natural languages used by the deaf to communicate. Currently, the use of sign language on TV is still limited to a window with a sign language interpreter showed into the original video program. This approach has some problems, such as high operational costs, need for a full-time interpreter. Some works in the scientific literature propose solutions for this problem, but there are some gaps to be addressed. In this paper, the authors propose a solution to provide support for sign language in middlewares compatible with ITU J.200 specification. The solution allows sign language content to be signed by 3D-Avatars when human interpreters are not available. To provide a case study for the proposed solution, they implemented a prototype of it using Ginga, the Brazilian DTV middleware, compliant with ITU J.200. Some tests with Brazilian deaf were also performed to evaluate the proposal.
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ISSN:1947-8534
1947-8542
DOI:10.4018/jmdem.2012040102