Multimedia Interfaces for BSL Using Lip Readers

  • Authors:
  • Faramaz Eyasim Joumun;Paul Gnanayutham;Jennifer George

  • Affiliations:
  • Researcher,;Department of Computing, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom PO1 3HE;SAE Institute, London, United Kingdom N7 9DP

  • Venue:
  • ICCHP '08 Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
  • Year:
  • 2008

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

This paper deals with mainly the profoundly deaf people who are beginning to learn the British Sign Language (BSL) as their first language for communication. These beginners could be children, teenagers or even adults who have hearing problems. There are already quite a few BSL learning websites and Lip Reading software available on the market. However, there is no such software that associates the two associated problems although there might be BSL users who can benefit from Lip Reading. This could help them not only for communication but also enable them to interact more with people with a normal hearing range, who as a matter of fact, form a major part of the society we live in. The artifact aims to be run on most computers making it easier for people to access and use it without the need for any additional costly features.