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VRML-based representations of ASL fingerspelling on the World Wide Web

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S. Augustine Su,

Richard K. FurutaAuthors Info & Claims

Assets '98: Proceedings of the third international ACM conference on Assistive technologies

Pages 43 - 45

https://doi.org/10.1145/274497.274506

Published: 01 January 1998 Publication History

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Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) is an effective tool to document sign language on the World-Wide Web. In this paper, we present techniques to enlarge the vocabulary of encoded ASL signs in VRML 2.0 for educational purposes. In order to prove the concept of gesture making, a Web site is presented that demonstrates application of the hand model to fingerspell the ASL manual alphabet and numbers.

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Assets '98: Proceedings of the third international ACM conference on Assistive technologies

January 1998

209 pages

ISBN:1581130201

DOI:10.1145/274497

Chairmen:
Meera M. Blattner
Univ. of California, Davis, and Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore CA
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Arthur I. Karshmer
New Mexico State Univ.

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