TELESIGN\VIDEO TELECOMMUNICATION OF SIGN LANGUAGE

THE PROJECT IS INTENDED TO SUPPLY LOW COST VISUAL COMMUNICATION MEANS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF SIGN LANGUAGE OVER THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY CONSTRUCTING A SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME TWO-WAY VISUAL TRANSMISSION OF UPPER BODY OR FULL-HEAD IMAGE SEQUENCES, FOR SIGN LANGUAGE AND LIP READING, RESPECTIVELY, WITH PARAMETERS ADAPTED TO THE ISDN NETWORK OR THE SUBSCRIBER TELEPHONE NETWORK, WITH A HIGH-SPEED MODEM. BINARY SKETCH-LIKE IMAGES WILL BE GENERATED TO ENABLE FULL MOTION VIDEO TRANSMISSION THROUGH STANDARD TELEPHONE LINES. THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO CARRY DIGITIZED SPEECH SIGNALS FOR USERS WITH RESIDUAL HEARING. A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION TO THE PROJECT WILL FILL A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEED FOR A LARGE POPULATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED AND DEAF PEOPLE.