Publications and Information

This page lists ViSiCAST publications and other information. They are divided into Publications, Publicity and Presentations, and other Technical Materials.

ViSiCAST Publications

• "Sign language on the WWW", Proceedings of 18th International Symposium
  on Human Factors in Telecommunication (HFT2001) achieving the John Karlin Award for best paper at the conference, M.Verlinden, C.Tijsseling, H.Frowein (IvD, Sint-Michielsgestel), 5 - 7 November, 2001
  K.Nordby, M.Krosby (ed), Bergen, Norway, November 2001, pp.197-204, ISBN
  82-423-0401-7, ).
• "Gebarende computer", short article to appear in "De Vriend"
  (bi-monthly magazine of IvD) by Erik Borgstein, October 2001, volume 92,
  number 3.
• Translation of English Text to a DRS-based Sign Language Orientated Semantic Representation, Eva Safar and Ian Marshall, UEA, 2-5/7/2001. (Prepared for D5-3)
• "A Signing Avatar on the WWW", paper presented at and submitted for
  proceedings of GW2001 (4th International Workshop on Gesture and Sign
  Language based Human-Computer Interaction, City University, London, UK,
  18th-20th April 2001).
• Extraction of Semantic Representations from Syntactic CMU link grammar linkages, Eva Safar and Ian Marshall, UEA. (Prepared for D5-3)
• "The Development and Evaluation of a Speech to Sign Translation System to Assist Transactions"
  M. Lincoln, S.J. Cox (UEA), M. Nakisa (RNID)
  For publication also. The current version appears as part of deliverable D3-1.
• "Tracking facial features in video sequences using a deformable model-based approach"
  M. Malciu, Françoise Prêteux (INT)
  SPIE, San Diego
• "The Development of Language Processing Support for the ViSiCAST Project"
  R. Elliott, J.R.W. Glauert, J.R. Kennaway, I. Marshall
  To be presented at ASSETS 2000, 4th International ACM SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies
• "An Overview of ViSiCAST" (Presentation) (PowerPoint)
  J.A. Bangham, S.J. Cox, R. Elliott, J.R.W. Glauert, I. Marshall (UEA)
  S. Rankov, M. Wells (Televirtual)
  IEE Seminar on "Speech and language processing for disabled and elderly people"
  London, April, 2000.
• "Signing for the Deaf using Virtual Humans" (Presentation) (PowerPoint)
  J.A. Bangham, S.J. Cox, M. Lincoln, I. Marshall (UEA)
  M. Tutt, M. Wells (Televirtual)
  IEE Seminar on "Speech and language processing for disabled and elderly people"
  London, April, 2000
  
• "A Robust Model-Based Approach for 3D Head Tracking in Video Sequences"
  M. Malciu, Françoise Prêteux
  4th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG'2000)
  

  ViSiCAST Publicity and Presentations

  • So What Else can Virtual Humans Do ?; Mark Wells, Televirtual 15/9/01
    
  • Deaf Signing for Television using Virtual Humans
    Presentation by ViSiCAST to UK Terrestrial Digital Network group.
  • "ViSiCAST: Capture, Animation, Storage & Transmission"
    J. Low (RNID)
    British Deaf Association Conference, Belfast, August 2000.
  • Poster ViSiCAST on TV
  • Poster ViSiCAST in the Digital World
  • Poster ViSiCAST in the High Street
  • Presenting ViSiCAST to the French Minister

  ViSiCAST Technical Materials

  • The Visia Avatar
    Information about standard ViSiCAST avater.
  • Markerless Motion Capture - a Literature Survey (Unpublished Draft)
    Joseph Bray (VR and Vision Dept., University of Brunel)
    It is an aim of the ViSiCAST Consortium to adopt robust and simple motion tracking methods for the capture of sign language, suitable for use in non-laboratory settings. This document has been compiled jointly by Televirtual and Brunel University, outside the project, as a spur to the development of such a system.