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Prof. Mohamed Jemni

Research on WebSign project to enable Deaf communication through sign language via the web, using ICT innovations and collaboration with W3C for web accessibility in the Arab World. Aiming to bridge literacy gap for the Deaf community.

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Prof. Mohamed Jemni

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  1. ICT Innovations Workshop MMS Sign Project Toward making mobile phones accessible for Deaf Prof. Mohamed Jemni Research Laboratory LaTICE - University of Tunis Tunisia

  2. ResearchLaboratoryLaTICE – University of Tunis • E-science, E-learning and E-accessibility • Accessible e-learning • Using ICT to improve communication with Deaf • Project WEB SIGN • Project MMS SIGN

  3. Web Accessibility

  4. ResearchLaboratory UTIC – University of Tunis • Collaborating with W3C to promote web accessibility in the Arab World • Arab version of the Guidlines WCGA 2.0 www.utic.rnu.tn/wcag2.0

  5. Deaf and Accessibility

  6. Deaf literacy Motivation • World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), confirmed that 80% of Deaf people lack education or are undereducated, are illiterate or semi-literate (2003).

  7. WebSign objective WebSign • Allow communication with deaf people using sign language via the web and internet. • Automatic translation of written text to sign language. • Development of avatar based system.

  8. WebSign Demonstration

  9. Sign language is not universal Research Problem • Non universality of sign language - More than 127 official sign languages; - T.S.E Tunisian sign language; - A.S.L American sign language. - L.S.F French signlanguage. In the same country we can find some differences between sign languages.

  10. Others problematic Research Problem • Unavailability of open source tools for translation to sign language. • Video based systems need an important bandwidth in addition to their costs. • Difficulties of dictionary construction (time and cost). • Animation of the avatar needs sophisticated programming skills.

  11. Wiki approach Our approach • - Construction of the dictionary: - a friendly of use graphical interface to introduce signs - No need to programming skills - collaborative approach: many people can contribute in this task

  12. Wiki approach Our approach

  13. Multi-community approach Our approach • Possibility of creation of a virtual community: - For every national/regional sign language - a standard dictionary can be used as a reference - An administrator for every community to validate/accept sign propositions - Multilanguage interface

  14. Websign is a kernel of many applications WebSign services • WebSign can be used as a service witch translates text to sign languages. • Developers can use it in order to create accessible applications.

  15. Some WebSign based applications

  16. Demo Courses generator for deaf children Demonstration

  17. Motivation Cell phones are not accessible Voice or Text 18 Mobile phones are not accessible to deaf persons. More than 80% of deaf in the World are analphabet. They can not use the SMS technology.

  18. MMS Sign - To make cell phones accessible for deaf

  19. Objectives of MMS SIGN Making cell phones accessible I speak Sign language 20 Our objective is to make mobile phone’s services usable and accessible to deaf persons. Our objective is to allow sending MMSs in sign language.

  20. Demo MMSSign DEMONSTRATION  World Summit Award (WSA) – Mobile 2010

  21. Accessible 3D signing avatars: the Tunisian experience Student Award 2012

  22. Mobile Sign Language Translation System for Deaf Community Best Paper Communication Award Web For All 2012

  23. Thank you … Contact details Professor Mohamed Jemni Head of the Research Laboratory LaTICE University of Tunis –Tunisia Mohamed.jemni@fst.rnu.tn www.utic.rnu.tn

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