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The objective of the ViSiCAST project is to produce adaptable
communication tools allowing sign language communication where
only speech and text are available at present. These tools
will be based on advanced technology for the synthetic generation,
transmission, and storage of sign language to be developed
by the project.
By the end of the project:
(1) a face to face transaction virtual signing system will
have been trialed in UK Post Offices by at least 2 clerks
and a panel of 5 deaf users;
(2) the signing preparation and virtual signing system will
have been used to prepare and present at least 4 sample television
programmes with virtual signing, and the feasibility of broadcast
transmission of virtual signing within MPEG-2 multiplexes
will have been established both through transmissions in the
UK and Germany;
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(3) the World Wide Web tools will have been installed and
used in Web sites, and these will have been evaluated by representative
members of the deaf community. The aim is to install examples
of the annotated GML-based signing on at least 5 of the Web
sites of the ViSiCAST participants.
To achieve these objectives the project is structured to
have three application-orientated Work Packages, each focusing
on the technical issues in delivery for that specific application
area, and two enabling technology Work Packages, focusing
on virtual signing, sign language representation, and sign
language synthesis from conventional textual sources. A further
evaluation Work Package is concerned with eliciting feedback
from deaf people at various stages within the development
of the system.
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