Objectif The objective is to develop a telecommunication service for hearing impaired persons which converts the speech, issued from a telephone, in a synthetic animation of a face to allow lip-readingInterpersonal communication between a hearing person and a hard of hearing person is only possible if the speech is converted into visual information which can be understood by the disabled person. The concept of SPLIT is to convert the speech signal provided by telephone lines into a synthetic animation of a face.The aims are to design, develop and test two applications:a) a prototype service of conversion (Relay Mediation Service) and the terminalb) a PC station prototype for Lip-reading training and language acquisition with Cued Speech (Cued Speech is a coding system adapted to 42 languages which facilitates lip-reading)Both systems are based on conversion of speech analogue signal into lip readable animation of a mouth image on the terminal screen. the 'SPLIT' terminal represents a significant aid for multilingual training, and enhanced telephone communications.Technical Approach : Since the analogue speech signal reaching the 'SPLIT' terminal is corrupted, suitable filtering algorithms are to be devised to restore acceptable quality speech digital conversion. The algorithms for speech processing and lip movements will be defined, implemented, tested and tuned in the context of a constant interaction with the end user associations which will provide the necessary expertise and the specific know-how. Moreover, these conversion algorithms will be designed in such a way that they are able to work in the telephone environment ('Telephone speech signal'). That ensures the possibility of integration and testing in the Mediation Relay Service (Italian Language).The main project outcomes will consist of software packages to perform the following speech-to-face movement transformation. This software package will be integrated on a PC architecture for training application and prototype Relay Mediation Service.Impact and Expected Results : Multimedia approaches to interpersonal communication represent a formidable means of overcoming most of the impairments affecting communication with older and disabled people. The medium goal of this project is the deployment of the existing telephone network for new services oriented to hearing-impaired persons, by means of low cost acoustic-to-visual conversion.This innovative conversion will be experimented during this project in training application to show the pertinence of such transformation for language acquisition and training of lip-reading. Programme(s) HS-TIDE 1 - Technology initiative (EEC) for disabled and elderly people (TIDE), 1993-1994 Thème(s) 1.3 - Telecommunication and teleinformation Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinateur Association Nationale des Parents d'Enfants Déficients Auditifs (ANPEDA) Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 10 Quai de la Charente 75019 Paris France Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (7) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire CSC Belgique Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Centre d'Etudes Superieures Industrielles (CESI) France Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecomunicazioni SpA Italie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Via G. Reiss Romoli, 274 10148 TORINO Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée DIST Italie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Fiadda Italie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN Allemagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse BERLIN Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée UCD Irlande Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée