SBIR/STTR Research Award
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE HYPERMEDIA DICTIONARY
Award amount
$38,814Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Linstok Press Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MICROCOMPUTER AND VIDEO TECHNOLOGY-SPECIFICALLY HYPERTEXT AND INTERACTIVE VIDEODISK-PROMISE EASILY USABLE, COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY SYSTEMS FOR AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL), TO BE USED BY HEARING AND DEAF STUDENTS OF ASL, TEACHERS, AND RESEARCHERS. HYPERTEXT AND INTERACTIVE VIDEODISK WILL ALLOW THE DICTIONARY TO INCLUDE SEVERAL FUNCTIONS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN ANY PRINT-MEDIA ASL DICTIONARY, INCLUDING PHONETIC LOOKUP, DEFINITIONS IN ASL, INFLECTED FORMS, COMPLETE PRONUNCIATION INFORMATION, AND EXAMPLES OF USAGE. SIGNS WILL BE SHOWN IN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE, WITH SLOW, STOP, AND REPEAT MOTION OPTIONS AT USERS' COMMAND.
Technology keywords
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