View Partner Search: PS-TN-1590
PROPOSAL AT A GLANCE
Proposal name:
Improving Accessibility of deaf community by the use of ICT and sign language
Subject:
The goal of this project is to contribute in the improvement of e-accessibility of deaf by the use of Technologies of Information and Communication. The objective was to design and to develop for this community a collaborative environment based in sign language for communication through the Web. This tool would permit the automatic interpretation of texts in visual-gestural-spatial language by using avatar technology.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Proposal Outline:
The purpose of our project is the development of tools to improve the accessibility of deaf people to the new technologies of information and communication. These tools can help developers to make an accessible applications or websites, create a tools dedicated to deaf to facilitate their integration in the society, or create tools to non deaf person to allow them to learn sign language.
Now we have developed the kernel of this project named Websign. Websign is a Web-Service which allows the translation of written text to sign language. Contrary to the popular belief Sign Language is not universal for this raison Websign is a multi-community system, each community have their own dictionary of sign, their own web-interface in their written language and an administrator.
To facilitate the build of the dictionary we have developed a collaborative approach that allows the insertion of words into the dictionary. Every user can propose sign to be added to the dictionary of his community. The proposition of signs should be validated by the administrator of the community before it’s insertion into the dictionary.
We have also developed many applications using Websign, like a chat tools for deaf and a generator of courses for deaf pupil to teach and learn sign language.
Now we have developed the kernel of this project named Websign. Websign is a Web-Service which allows the translation of written text to sign language. Contrary to the popular belief Sign Language is not universal for this raison Websign is a multi-community system, each community have their own dictionary of sign, their own web-interface in their written language and an administrator.
To facilitate the build of the dictionary we have developed a collaborative approach that allows the insertion of words into the dictionary. Every user can propose sign to be added to the dictionary of his community. The proposition of signs should be validated by the administrator of the community before it’s insertion into the dictionary.
We have also developed many applications using Websign, like a chat tools for deaf and a generator of courses for deaf pupil to teach and learn sign language.
Keywords:
Accessibility
Avatar technology
Virtual reality (X3D)
Linguistic process
Translation
Sign language
Avatar technology
Virtual reality (X3D)
Linguistic process
Translation
Sign language
PARTNER PROFILE SOUGHT
Required skills and Expertise:
Expertise in linguistic process.
Expertise in Virtual reality and Human animation.
Expertise in sign language.
Modeling 3D scene.
Expertise in Virtual reality and Human animation.
Expertise in sign language.
Modeling 3D scene.
Description of work to be carried out by the partner(s) sought:
Linguistic process.
Creation of sign.
Development of high quality avatars
Creation of local dictionary of sign language
Creation of sign.
Development of high quality avatars
Creation of local dictionary of sign language
Type of partner(s) sought:
Universities, research laboratories, Associations working with deaf and SME.
The Proposer is looking for a Coordinator:
Yes
PROPOSER INFORMATION
Organisation:
Research Laboratory UTIC
Department:
Computer Science
Type of Organisation:
Research Center
Country:
Tunisia
