A Multimodal Framework for the Communication of the Disabled

In this paper, a novel system, which aims to provide alternative tools and interfaces to blind and deaf-and-mute people and enable their communication and interaction with the computer is presented. All the involved technologies are integrated into a treasure hunting game application that is jointly played by the blind and deaf-and-mute user. The integration of the multimodal interfaces into a game application serves both as an entertainment and a pleasant education tool to the users. The proposed application integrates haptics, audio, visual output and computer vision, sign language analysis and synthesis, speech recognition and synthesis, in order to provide an interactive environment where the blind and deaf-and-mute users can collaborate to play the treasure hunting game.