Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Modeling and Generating Sign Language as Animated Line Drawings

  Frank Godenschweger, Thomas Strothotte (1998) — Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '98)

  This paper from Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg introduces a system for generating sign language as animated line drawings rather than photorealistic 3D renderings. The authors argue that the prevailing approach of creating increasingly rea…

  • sign language
  • sign language animation
  • deafness
  • computer graphics
  • non-photorealistic rendering
  • assistive technology
  • sign language synthesis

• Sign Language Support System for Viewing Sports Programs

  Tsubasa Uchida, Taro Miyazaki, Makiko Azuma, Shuichi Umeda, Naoto Kato, Hideki Sumiyoshi, Yuko Yamanouchi, Nobuyuki Hiruma (2017) — Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This demonstration paper from NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) presents a prototype system that provides Japanese Sign Language (JSL) support for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers watching sports broadcasts. The system was developed in response to…

  • sign language
  • signing avatar
  • Japanese Sign Language
  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • media accessibility
  • sports accessibility
  • computer graphics
  • broadcast accessibility

• Pattern recognition and synthesis for sign language translation system

  M. Ohki, H. Sagawa, T. Sakiyama, E. Oohira, H. Ikeda, H. Fujisawa (1994) — Proceedings of the First Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '94)

  This paper describes a bidirectional sign language translation system being developed to translate between Japanese Sign Language (JSL) and written Japanese. The system addresses both directions of translation: recognizing sign language input and con…

  • sign language recognition
  • sign language synthesis
  • Japanese Sign Language
  • gesture recognition
  • DataGlove
  • 3D animation
  • computer graphics
  • machine translation
  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • pattern recognition
  • bidirectional translation