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

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

Felipe Lacet Silva Ferreira, Tiago Maritan Ugulino de Araújo, Felipe Hermínio Lemos, Gutenberg Pessoa Botelho Neto, José Ivan Bezerra Vilarouca Filho, Guido Lemos de Souza Filho
Copyright: © 2012 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 21
ISSN: 1947-8534|EISSN: 1947-8542|EISBN13: 9781466613584|DOI: 10.4018/jmdem.2012040102
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Ferreira, Felipe Lacet Silva, et al. "Generating Window of Sign Languages on ITU J.200-Based Middlewares." IJMDEM vol.3, no.2 2012: pp.20-40. http://doi.org/10.4018/jmdem.2012040102

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Ferreira, F. L., Ugulino de Araújo, T. M., Lemos, F. H., Neto, G. P., Filho, J. I., & Filho, G. L. (2012). Generating Window of Sign Languages on ITU J.200-Based Middlewares. International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management (IJMDEM), 3(2), 20-40. http://doi.org/10.4018/jmdem.2012040102

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Ferreira, Felipe Lacet Silva, et al. "Generating Window of Sign Languages on ITU J.200-Based Middlewares," International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management (IJMDEM) 3, no.2: 20-40. http://doi.org/10.4018/jmdem.2012040102

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Abstract

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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