1. Françoise PRETEUX, Unité de Projet ARTEMIS - INT - Evry France The ViSiCAST Project Vi rtual Si gning: C apture, A nimation, S torage & T ransmission IST Programme -1999-10500 5 th Framework Program Key Actions: Systems and services for citizen To meet the needs and expectations of European citizens for high quality and affordable services of general interest. RTD will be carried out in the fields of health, persons with special needs (including elderly and disabled), administrations, environment and transport. Multimedia context and tools Duration:36 months

2. Françoise PRETEUX, Unité de Projet ARTEMIS - INT - Evry France Advanced technology-based Project statement Information access and communication of pre-lingually deaf people Open choice No proprietary solutions

3. Françoise PRETEUX, Unité de Projet ARTEMIS - INT - Evry France Television access Subtitles currently increase significantly TV streams Those deaf from birth find it difficult to learn spoken and written English Signing is their natural language English law requires to sign 2% by 2001, and 5% by 2009 ?

4. Françoise PRETEUX, Unité de Projet ARTEMIS - INT - Evry France Television access ?  A supporting MPEG-2 stream Human signer + additional channel  An insert into existing picture Television access

5. Françoise PRETEUX, Unité de Projet ARTEMIS - INT - Evry France Face-to-face transactions ? Natural interaction Deaf customer Counter clerk Sign Language Speech

6. Françoise PRETEUX, Unité de Projet ARTEMIS - INT - Evry France Multimedia and WWW Applications WWW pages Text-to-sign generator

7. Françoise PRETEUX, Unité de Projet ARTEMIS - INT - Evry France Lexicon SL Grammar Low Bit-Rate Transmission Services Speech Text BAPs Files DSs in MPEG-7 DL Parsing HamNoSys Representation MPEG-Decoder BAPs/DS-Based Avatar Animation HamNoSys- Based Avatar Animation TV Signing Standards and Delivery Interactive Deaf Signing on the Web Face-to-Face Access to Services Synopsis of the ViSiCAST Project Gesture Notation MPEG-7 Encoder MPEG-4 Encoder ViSiCASTGML Gesture Capture 3D Model-Based Analysis/Indexing Specific Sensors Signer

8. Françoise PRETEUX, Unité de Projet ARTEMIS - INT - Evry France Independent Television Commission The ViSiCAST Consortium Televirtual University of East Anglia The Post Office Royal Institute for Deaf People Instituut voor Doven Hamburg University Institut für Rundfunktechnik Institut National des Télécommunications

9. Françoise PRETEUX, Unité de Projet ARTEMIS - INT - Evry France The ViSiCAST Consortium  Speech and text translation into Sign Language (UEA)  Sign Language notation (UH)  Avatar creation (TV)  Broadcast technology (ITC, IRT)  Broadcast imaging and animation standards (INT)  Multimedia content creation (IvD) Evaluation capabilities provided by the UK RNID Face-to-Face transactions provided by the UK PO Experts in:

10. Françoise PRETEUX, Unité de Projet ARTEMIS - INT - Evry France MPEG-4 compliant avatar definition & animation MPEG-7 compliant sign language indexing ARTEMIS Contributions