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Zdeněk Krňoul : New features in synthesis of sign language addressing non-manual component . 4th Workshop on Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Corpora and Sign Language Technologies, ELRA, 2010.

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A sign language synthesis system converts previously noted signs into the computer animation. The animation is created using a specially designed 3D model of the human figure and algorithms transferring the sign to movements of the model. In principle the sign language contains both the non-manual component (shape and movement of hands) and the non-manual component (facial movements, etc.). Notation of the non-manual component was not yet sufficiently explored in terms of an automatic conversion to the animation. In the article we describe both notation methodology of the non-manual component and technical aspects for conversion of symbols to movements of the animation model. In addition an appropriate animation method for the 3D shape of face is assumed. The result is an extended notation supplementing notation of the manual component with the non-manual component. The extended notation preserves the feasibility of an automatic conversion and keeps the original level of generality. In connection with the methodology we present the notations of the basic types of non-manual components of the Czech sign language.

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Title: New features in synthesis of sign language addressing non-manual component
Author: Zdeněk Krňoul
Language: English
Date of publication: 22 May 2010
Year: 2010
Type of publication: Papers in proceedings of reviewed conferences
Book title: 4th Workshop on Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Corpora and Sign Language Technologies
Publisher: ELRA
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non=manual component, sign language, 3D animation, HamNoSys

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@INPROCEEDINGS{ZdenekKrnoul_2010_Newfeaturesin,
 author = {Zden\v{e}k Kr\v{n}oul},
 title = {New features in synthesis of sign language addressing non-manual component},
 year = {2010},
 publisher = {ELRA},
 booktitle = {4th Workshop on Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Corpora and Sign Language Technologies},
 url = {http://www.kky.zcu.cz/en/publications/ZdenekKrnoul_2010_Newfeaturesin},
}