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A Framework for Encoding American Sign Language and Other Structured Video

Principal Investigator
Eve Riskin, Richard Ladner (Computer Science & Engineering)

Sponsor(s)
National Science Foundation (NSF)

Award Period
08/01/2005 - 07/31/2009

Abstract
We will attempt to develop video data compression techniques that will permit video to be transmitted using cell phones equipped with a small camera. An important application of this work is to allow deaf persons to communicate using American Sign Language (ASL) using video cell phones. There are a number of factors that may affect how well ASL can be transmitted using video cell phones. Among them are the size of the screen and the fidelity of the video itself. In order to understand these factors we will conduct studies with ASL users to determine the effect of these factors on intelligibility.

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