Text-to-sign language synthesis tool

This document presents an approach for generating VRML animation sequences from Sign Language notation, based on MPEG-4 Face and Body Animation. The proposed application aims in providing a computer-based sign-language synthesis output for the deaf and the hearing impaired. Moreover the application may be used as a teaching tool for relatives of deaf people as well as people interested in learning the sign language. The application receives text sentences as input and provides as output 3D animated VRML sequences able to be visualised in any VRML-compliant browser.