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In this paper, we report on CoUnSiL (Collaborative Universe for Sign Language), our ongoing project on the videoconferencing environment for remote interpreting of sign language. Our work is motivated by the lack of qualified interpreters capable of interpreting highly specialized courses at universities. We present the tool that ensures low latency and sustainable framerate of multiple video and audio streams. We describe both the user interface of the CoUnSiL application followed by the background technologies. Next, we present the three evaluations with users.
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This work has been supported by Faculty of Informatics Dean’s program and Development Fund of CESNET.
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Rusňák, V. et al. (2016). CoUnSiL: Collaborative Universe for Remote Interpreting of Sign Language in Higher Education. In: Miesenberger, K., Bühler, C., Penaz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9759. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41267-2_55
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