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Using a Signing Avatar as a Sign Language Research Tool

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Multimodal Signals: Cognitive and Algorithmic Issues

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The first section of this paper introduces the Hamnosys/Visicast signing avatar, which has been designed to produce individual signs and sentences in a number of different sign languages. The operating systems which underlie the avatar are described in detail. The second part of the paper describes a research project which aims to use the avatar’s properties to develop a toolkit for sign language research.

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  1. Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre, UCL, 49 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD, UK

    Delroy Nelson

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  1. Department of Psychology, Second University of Naples, and IIASS, Via Pellegrino 19, 84019, Vietri sul Mare (SA), Italy

    Anna Esposito

  2. Department of Computing Science & Mathematics, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA, Stirling, Scotland, UK

    Amir Hussain

  3. Dipartimento di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello”, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy and IIASS, Via S. Allende, 84081, Baronissi (SA), Italy

    Maria Marinaro

  4. Dip. di Ingegneria dell’ Informazione, Seconda Università di Napoli, Via Roma 29, 81031, Aversa (CE), Italy

    Raffaele Martone

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Nelson, D. (2009). Using a Signing Avatar as a Sign Language Research Tool. In: Esposito, A., Hussain, A., Marinaro, M., Martone, R. (eds) Multimodal Signals: Cognitive and Algorithmic Issues. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00525-1_8

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