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MSIGNS

Technology and media have the potential to benefit the deaf and hard-of-hearing community by facilitating channels of communication not previously available. The core objective of MSIGNS is to take spoken American English and create real-time 3-D animated signing. This could be displayed for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on a portable handheld device. A limited sign-language vocabulary database of approximately 100 words will be created using the UM3D lab motion capture system. The data will then be used to create a virtual person programmed to respond to real-time speech input, resulting in a fluid 3D virtual sign language translation.

Slide Presentation (Quicktime 4MB)

Team Members:
Jason Gilbert, Graduate Student, Engineering
Judy Shau-yuh Yu, Graduate Student, Space Physics and Planetary Science, Engineering

Team Advisor:
Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Science, Engineering

GROCS '06 Projects: Blue Puddle  |  Digital Kami  |  GoogleBuddy  |  MSIGNS  |  Virtual Anatomy Atlas