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Gesture Modelling for Linguistic Purposes

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The study of sign languages attempts to create a coherent model that describes the expressive nature of signs conveyed in gestures with a linguistic framework. 3D gesture modelling offers a precise annotation and representation of linguistic constructs and can become an entry mechanism for sign languages. This paper presents the requirements to build an input method editor for sign languages and the initial experiments using signing avatars input interfaces. The system currently saves and annotates 3D gestures on humanoid models with linguistic labels. Results show that the annotating prototype can be used in turn to ease and guide the task of 3D gesture modelling.

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  1. Meraka Institute, City of Tshwane, RSA

    Guillaume J. -L. Olivrin

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  1. Microsoft and ISCTE, Microsoft Language Development Center, C1 and C2, Av. Doutor Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Tagus Park, 2744-010, Porto Salvo, Portugal

    Miguel Sales Dias

  2. Laboratoire Valoria, Centre de Recherche Yves Coppens, Université de Bretagne-Sud, Campus de Tohannic, 56000, Vannes, France

    Sylvie Gibet

  3. Schulich School of Music, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT), McGill University, 555, Sherbrooke Street West, H3A 1E3, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Marcelo M. Wanderley

  4. ADETTI/ISCTE, Av. das Forças Armadas, 1600-082, Lisboa, Portugal

    Rafael Bastos

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Olivrin, G.J.L. (2009). Gesture Modelling for Linguistic Purposes. In: Sales Dias, M., Gibet, S., Wanderley, M.M., Bastos, R. (eds) Gesture-Based Human-Computer Interaction and Simulation. GW 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5085. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92865-2_15

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