Augustine Su's Publication & Presentation

S. Augustine Su and Richard Furuta


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

in ASSETS'98 - The Third International ACM SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies, a short paper
Marina del Rey, California (April 15-17, 1998).

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Abstract

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.