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 …

Sign languages are gesture-based languages used by the deaf community of the world.
Every country has a different sign language and there are more than 200 sign languages in …

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 …

Many deaf people have significant reading problems. Written content, eg on internet pages,
is therefore not fully accessible for them. Embodied agents have the potential to …

Signing avatars have the potential to become a useful and even cost-effective method to
make written content more accessible for Deaf people. However, avatar research is …

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 …

To enable more websites to provide content in the form of sign language, we investigate
software to partially automate the synthesis of animations of American Sign Language …

Abstract American Sign Language (ASL) generation software can improve the accessibility
of information and services for deaf individuals with low English literacy. The …

Adding American Sign Language (ASL) versions of information content to websites can
improve information accessibility for many people who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH) …

While there is great potential for sign language animation generation software to improve
the accessibility of information for deaf individuals with low written-language literacy, the …