WebSign Sign Language Avatar programmed using SWML (SignWriting Markup Language)

SignWriting List
October 29, 2010

Dear SW List Members!
I am happy to tell you that programmers in Tunisia have successfully programmed using SWML (the SignWriting Markup Language) to program an avatar that signs in several sign languages. You can view a demonstration on the WebSign site...

WebSign
To break the silence of deaf
The Research Laboratory UTIC, University of Tunis, Tunisia
https://www.latice.rnu.tn/websign/index.php

...and using Internet Explorer on Windows, download the WS plugin 2.0 that is available there. Once the plugin is installed in IE, the Avatar will appear. He is a cool looking Avatar, who signs numbers and fingerspells in several sign languages. Click on the menu Demonstration at the top to see a demo:

Demonstration Avatar
https://www.latice.rnu.tn/websign/index.php

This work has been accomplished by Maher Jbali, who already finished his MA degree, and will now start his Ph.D, under the guidance of Prof. Mohammed Jemni:

Prof. Mohammed Jemni
https://www.latice.rnu.tn/websign/_site/developper.php

I want to thank Maher Jbali and Prof. Mohammed Jemni for their hard work, and for inviting me to present at a conference in Tunisia on November 10, 2010. I am hoping I can present over Skype.

I am very impressed with the signing Avatar!

See screen captures of the avatar below..

Val ;-)