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Which modalities (haptic, aural, visual) and input or output devices are you using to address accessibility issues?

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Which modalities (haptic, aural, visual) and input or output devices are you using to address accessibility issues?

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List any thoughts you have about using multiple modalities to create accessible interfaces: We are using the visual modality to make text or speech information available in sign language. Although text is visual, it may not be accessible to persons whose first language is sign. Specifically, an animated character or “avatar” uses facial expression as well as manual (hand/arm) signs to communicate information. In 5 sentences, how are you attempting to address your research goal(s) or question(s)? Either list the specific technologies you are using or provide a general description of how you are using the technologies. We have developed the ability to synthesize animated sign language from low-bandwidth, text-based gloss or phonetic descriptions.These animations are represented and rendered using the Web3D Consortium s Humanoid Animation (H-Anim) and Extensible 3D (X3D) specifications. All of our work to date has been in creating American Sign Language (ASL) translations of English, but

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List any thoughts you have about using multiple modalities to create accessible interfaces: We are using the visual modality to make text or speech information available in sign language. Although text is visual, it may not be accessible to persons whose first language is sign. Specifically, an animated character or “avatar” uses facial expression as well as manual (hand/arm) signs to communicate information. In 5 sentences, how are you attempting to address your research goal(s) or question(s)? Either list the specific technologies you are using or provide a general description of how you are using the technologies. We have developed the ability to synthesize animated sign language from low-bandwidth, text-based gloss or phonetic descriptions.These animations are represented and rendered using the Web3D Consortium s Humanoid Animation (H-Anim) and Extensible 3D (X3D) specifications. All of our work to date has been in creating American Sign Language (ASL) translations of English, but

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