Virtual Avatars Signing in Real Time for Deaf Students

Lucía Vera, Inmaculada Coma, Julio Campos, Bibiana Martínez, Marcos Fernández

2013

Abstract

This paper describes a speech and text translator from Spanish into Spanish Sign Language, that tries to solve some of the problems that deaf people find when they access and attend specific training courses. In addition to the translator system, a set of real-time avatar animations representing the signs are used. The creation process of such avatars is also described. The system can be used in courses where deaf and hearing people are sharing the same material and classroom, which contributes to improve the integration of this group of people to specific academic areas. The tool has been tested to obtain direct information with a group of deaf people from the Deaf Association of Seville.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Vera L., Coma I., Campos J., Martínez B. and Fernández M. (2013). Virtual Avatars Signing in Real Time for Deaf Students . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-46-4, pages 261-266. DOI: 10.5220/0004293102610266

in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp13,
author={Lucía Vera and Inmaculada Coma and Julio Campos and Bibiana Martínez and Marcos Fernández},
title={Virtual Avatars Signing in Real Time for Deaf Students},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={261-266},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004293102610266},
isbn={978-989-8565-46-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)
TI - Virtual Avatars Signing in Real Time for Deaf Students
SN - 978-989-8565-46-4
AU - Vera L.
AU - Coma I.
AU - Campos J.
AU - Martínez B.
AU - Fernández M.
PY - 2013
SP - 261
EP - 266
DO - 10.5220/0004293102610266