Literature Reviews

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

3 results found tagged virtual signing.

The Development of Language Processing Support for the ViSiCAST Project

R. Elliott, J. R. W. Glauert, J. R. Kennaway, I. Marshall (2000) — Proceedings of the Fourth International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '00)

This paper from the University of East Anglia describes early work on the ViSiCAST project (Virtual Signing, Animation, Capture, Storage and Transmission), a 3-year EU-funded initiative to provide improved access to services for Deaf citizens through…
Accessible 3D Signing Avatars: The Tunisian Experience

Kabil Jaballah (2012) — Proceedings of the International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

This paper reports on the WebSign project from the University of Tunis, a system that translates written text into sign language performed by 3D avatars, and addresses the broader challenge of making signing avatars accessible, indexable, and discove…
Web-Content's Syndication in Sign Language

Oussama El Ghoul, Nour Ben Yahia, Mohamed Jemni (2012) — Proceedings of the International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

This paper addresses the inaccessibility of web content syndication (RSS feeds) for deaf users, particularly those in developing countries where over 80% of deaf people are illiterate. While RSS and Atom feeds are efficient mechanisms for pushing upd…