The Design of a Generic Signing Avatar Animation System
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The Design of a Generic Signing Avatar Animation System J. Fourie Department of Mathematical Sciences (Computer Science) University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1, 7602 Matieland, South Africa Thesis: MScEng (AM) November 2006 We designed a generic avatar animator for use in sign language related projects. The animator is capable of animating any given avatar that is compliant with the H-Anim standard for humanoid animation. The system was designed with the South African Sign Language Machine Translation (SASL-MT) project in mind, but can easily be adapted to other sign language projects due to its generic design. An avatar that is capable of accurately performing sign language gestures is a special kind of avatar and is referred to as a signing avatar. In this thesis we investigate the special characteristics of signing avatars and address the issue of finding a generic design for the animation of such an avatar.
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