Resources

Links to research resources developed at the lab and to other resources on the web.

Research Resources and Demos

Glove Calibration Protocol
This website shows how we calibrate the cybergloves for experiments at the lab. This protocol was developed at the lab, and it is discussed in a paper presented at the ASSETS 2009 conference. This protocol is designed to be an efficient approach to producing a high-quality human calibration of the gloves, and it has been designed to be accessible to deaf research participants. The accuracy of the calibrations produced using this protocol has been experimentally measured and shown to be more accurate than the standard automatic calibration software that accompanies the gloves.

Example Videos of ASL Animation Speed and Pausing
These sample videos are from our journal article presented in TACCESS in 2009. One video shows animations produced using off-the-shelf animation software, and the other video shows an animation that has been enhanced using an algorithm we designed for introducing speed and pausing modulations to the animation. These were shown experimentally to improve native ASL signer's comprehension of the videos and their memory of the information content within.

Example Videos of ASL Animation with Classifier Predicates
This sample video is from our journal article presented in TACCESS in 2008. The video shows an animation produced using our software for generating ASL classifier predicate expressions. In this example, animations of a 3D scene being described are shown. The videos include a "Signed English" version of the description and an ASL classifier predicate version of the description. The "Signed English" version is shown for comparison purposes because it represented the state-of-the-art in automatic English-to-Sign translation/transliteration at the time. Our classifier predicate ASL animations are meant to demonstrate how our generation architecture is sufficiently expressive for conveying complex ASL spatial phenomena. Native ASL signers evaluated these animations in an experiment, and the ASL classifier predicate animations from our software were more effective at conveying information content to these users.

How to Get to the LATLab
This website shows step-by-step directions for traveling to the lab.