Machine translation from text to sign language: a systematic review

NK Kahlon, W Singh - Universal Access in the Information Society, 2023 - Springer
An equal opportunity for all is the basic right of every human being. The deaf society of the
world needs to have access to all the information just like hearing people do. For this to …

Evolution and Trends in Sign Language Avatar Systems: Unveiling a 40-Year Journey via Systematic Review

M Aziz, A Othman - Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sign language (SL) avatar systems aid communication between the hearing and deaf
communities. Despite technological progress, there is a lack of a standardized avatar …

A survey on the animation of signing avatars: From sign representation to utterance synthesis

L Naert, C Larboulette, S Gibet - Computers & Graphics, 2020 - Elsevier
Signing avatars make it possible for deaf people to access information in their preferred
language. However, sign language synthesis represents a challenge for the computer …

Accessible options for deaf people in e-learning platforms: technology solutions for sign language translation

P Martins, H Rodrigues, T Rocha, M Francisco… - Procedia Computer …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents a study on potential technology solutions for enhancing the
communication process for deaf people on e-learning platforms through translation of Sign …

The SignCom system for data-driven animation of interactive virtual signers: Methodology and Evaluation

S Gibet, N Courty, K Duarte, TL Naour - ACM Transactions on Interactive …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
In this article we present a multichannel animation system for producing utterances signed in
French Sign Language (LSF) by a virtual character. The main challenges of such a system …

Supporting sign language narrations in the museum

N Partarakis, X Zabulis, M Foukarakis, M Moutsaki… - Heritage, 2021 - mdpi.com
The accessibility of Cultural Heritage content for the diverse user population visiting Cultural
Heritage Institutions and accessing content online has not been thoroughly discussed …

Sign language recognition, generation, and modelling: A research effort with applications in deaf communication

E Efthimiou, SE Fotinea, C Vogler, T Hanke… - Universal Access in …, 2009 - Springer
Sign language and Web 2.0 applications are currently incompatible, because of the lack of
anonymisation and easy editing of online sign language contributions. This paper describes …

Interactive editing in french sign language dedicated to virtual signers: Requirements and challenges

S Gibet, F Lefebvre-Albaret, L Hamon, R Brun… - Universal Access in the …, 2016 - Springer
Signing avatars are increasingly used as an interface for communication to the deaf
community. In recent years, an emerging approach uses captured data to edit and generate …

[PDF][PDF] Collecting a motion-capture corpus of American Sign Language for data-driven generation research

P Lu, M Huenerfauth - Proceedings of the NAACL HLT 2010 …, 2010 - aclanthology.org
Abstract American Sign Language (ASL) generation software can improve the accessibility
of information and services for deaf individuals with low English literacy. The …

A systematic mapping of translation-enabling technologies for sign languages

L Naranjo-Zeledón, J Peral, A Ferrández… - Electronics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sign languages (SL) are the first language for most deaf people. Consequently, bidirectional
communication among deaf and non-deaf people has always been a challenging issue …