A Signing Avatar on the WWW
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چکیده
The work presented is part of the European project ViSiCAST. In a semi-automatic way, written material is transposed to sequences of signs. The signs are then displayed using computer animation of an avatar. As an application of this technology an avatar signing the weather forecast has been developed. Through a browser plug-in, this application can work on the worldwide-web. keywords animation, avatars, sign language, semi-automatic translation, Internet, world-wide-web
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