Type of Project: Funded project Transnational project
eSign - Essential Sign Language Information on Government Networks

Description / Topics

eSIGN is a two-year EU eContent-project (2002-2004) with seven partners in three countries. eSIGN is developing an avatar (virtual human figure) that will be used on eGovernment portals to translate and present information in sign language. Deaf people depend on information in their own language, sign language. With the technology developed in eSIGN, deaf people will have the opportunity to have a barrier free access to eGovernment information.

Start:

1 Sep 2002


End:

31 Aug 2004


Funded by:

  • Europäische Union - EU
  • Programm: eContent

Project Management:

  • Hanke, Thomas

Institutions:

Institut für Deutsche Gebärdensprache
Binderstr. 34
20146 Hamburg
Telephone: 040-42838-6749 E-Mail: esign-coord@sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de
 Homepage: https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/esign/overvie...

 Royal National Institute of Deaf People (UK);
University of East Anglia (UK);
Systematics Integrations (DE);
Televirtual (UK);
Norfolk County Council (UK);
Instituut vor Dooven (NL).

Hanke/Popescu/Schmaling: eSIGN: HPSG-assisted sign language composition. Vortrag gehalten beim Gesture Workshop 2003, Genova, April 2003.

Reference Number:

R/FO2867


Last Update: 9 Jan 2018