Citation
San Segundo Hernández, Rubén and Lopez Ludeña, Veronica and Martin Maganto, Raquel and Lebai Lutfi, Syaheerah Binti and Ferreiros López, Javier and Córdoba Herralde, Ricardo de and Pardo Muñoz, José Manuel
(2010).
Advanced Speech Communication System for Deaf People.
In: "11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, Interspeech 2010", 26/09/2010 - 30/09/2010, Makuhari, Japan. ISBN ISSN: 1990-9772.
Abstract
This paper describes the development of an Advanced Speech Communication System for Deaf People and its field evaluation in a real application domain: the renewal of Driver’s License. The system is composed of two modules. The first one is a Spanish into Spanish Sign Language (LSE: Lengua de Signos Española) translation module made up of a speech recognizer, a natural language translator (for converting a word sequence into a sequence of signs), and a 3D avatar animation module (for playing back the signs). The second module is a Spoken Spanish generator from sign writing composed of a visual interface (for specifying a sequence of signs), a language translator (for generating the sequence of words in Spanish), and finally, a text to speech converter. For language translation, the system integrates three technologies: an example based strategy, a rule based translation method and a statistical translator. This paper also includes a detailed description of the evaluation carried out in the Local Traffic Office in the city of Toledo (Spain) involving real government employees and deaf people. This evaluation includes objective measurements from the system and subjective information from questionnaires
