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title = "{PE}2{LGP} Animator: A Tool To Animate A {P}ortuguese {S}ign {L}anguage Avatar",
author = "Cabral, Pedro and
Gon{\c{c}}alves, Matilde and
Nicolau, Hugo and
Coheur, Lu{\'\i}sa and
Santos, Ruben",
editor = "Efthimiou, Eleni and
Fotinea, Stavroula-Evita and
Hanke, Thomas and
Hochgesang, Julie A. and
Kristoffersen, Jette and
Mesch, Johanna",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the LREC2020 9th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Sign Language Resources in the Service of the Language Community, Technological Challenges and Application Perspectives",
month = may,
year = "2020",
address = "Marseille, France",
publisher = "European Language Resources Association (ELRA)",
url = "https://aclanthology.org/2020.signlang-1.6",
pages = "33--38",
abstract = "Software for the production of sign languages is much less common than for spoken languages. Such software usually relies on 3D humanoid avatars to produce signs which, inevitably, necessitates the use of animation. One barrier to the use of popular animation tools is their complexity and steep learning curve, which can be hard to master for inexperienced users. Here, we present PE2LGP, an authoring system that features a 3D avatar that signs Portuguese Sign Language. Our Animator is designed specifically to craft sign language animations using a key frame method, and is meant to be easy to use and learn to users without animation skills. We conducted a preliminary evaluation of the Animator, where we animated seven Portuguese Sign Language sentences and asked four sign language users to evaluate their quality. This evaluation revealed that the system, in spite of its simplicity, is indeed capable of producing comprehensible messages.",
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%T PE2LGP Animator: A Tool To Animate A Portuguese Sign Language Avatar
%A Cabral, Pedro
%A Gonçalves, Matilde
%A Nicolau, Hugo
%A Coheur, Luísa
%A Santos, Ruben
%Y Efthimiou, Eleni
%Y Fotinea, Stavroula-Evita
%Y Hanke, Thomas
%Y Hochgesang, Julie A.
%Y Kristoffersen, Jette
%Y Mesch, Johanna
%S Proceedings of the LREC2020 9th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Sign Language Resources in the Service of the Language Community, Technological Challenges and Application Perspectives
%D 2020
%8 May
%I European Language Resources Association (ELRA)
%C Marseille, France
%@ 979-10-95546-54-2
%G English
%F cabral-etal-2020-pe2lgp
%X Software for the production of sign languages is much less common than for spoken languages. Such software usually relies on 3D humanoid avatars to produce signs which, inevitably, necessitates the use of animation. One barrier to the use of popular animation tools is their complexity and steep learning curve, which can be hard to master for inexperienced users. Here, we present PE2LGP, an authoring system that features a 3D avatar that signs Portuguese Sign Language. Our Animator is designed specifically to craft sign language animations using a key frame method, and is meant to be easy to use and learn to users without animation skills. We conducted a preliminary evaluation of the Animator, where we animated seven Portuguese Sign Language sentences and asked four sign language users to evaluate their quality. This evaluation revealed that the system, in spite of its simplicity, is indeed capable of producing comprehensible messages.
%U https://aclanthology.org/2020.signlang-1.6
%P 33-38
Markdown (Informal)
[PE2LGP Animator: A Tool To Animate A Portuguese Sign Language Avatar](https://aclanthology.org/2020.signlang-1.6) (Cabral et al., SignLang 2020)
ACL
- Pedro Cabral, Matilde Gonçalves, Hugo Nicolau, Luísa Coheur, and Ruben Santos. 2020. PE2LGP Animator: A Tool To Animate A Portuguese Sign Language Avatar. In Proceedings of the LREC2020 9th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Sign Language Resources in the Service of the Language Community, Technological Challenges and Application Perspectives, pages 33–38, Marseille, France. European Language Resources Association (ELRA).