The Development of a Generic Signing Avatar
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A signing avatar is an avatar that can perform sign language for the Deaf. We describe our design and implementation of a stand-alone generic signing avatar, which can be used for signing most sign languages and can be incorporated into other applications with minimal adaptation.
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