SBIR Phase II: The Accessible Semantic Web

该小型企业创新研究第二阶段项目建议开发一种可访问性标记语言（AML），根据身体或认知残障人士的要求，为英语文本的数字表示加上正确翻译成其他形式所需的语言信息。作为该技术的范例，VCom3D将开发、演示和评估AML的应用，以使美国手语（ASL）的Web内容可访问。这一开发将需要实现一个编码器来从英语文本创建AML，以及一个解码器来从AML生成语法ASL。跨国公司和机构已经认识到，在经济和社会方面需要向世界各地英语充其量只是第二语言的人提供信息和指导。为了解决这个问题，包括万维网联盟（W3C）在内的国际组织正在定义使用受控语言、注释系统以及未来的语义网的方法，以增加其他语言的可访问性。这些新兴技术和基础设施可以提供一个前所未有的机会，让那些在感官、认知和文化上存在差异的美国人获得信息。本计划将展示新兴资讯科技的应用，让聋哑人更容易取得资讯，并为进一步研究美国手语语言学提供资源。基于这项技术的最初的商业产品将是一个翻译和创作工具，它可以从英语文本中自动创建语法、动画的美国手语。根据《新自由倡议》、《1973年康复法案》第508条最新修正案、《美国残疾人法案》（ADA）和《电信法》第255条，本产品将用于增加聋人和重听儿童和成人获取数字信息的机会，并促进包容性教育和就业。

This Small Busees Innovation Research Phase II Project proposes to develop an Accessibility Markup Language (AML) that annotates digital representations of English text with linguistic information needed for proper translation into other modalities, as required by persons with physical or cognitive disabilities. As an exemplar of the technology, VCom3D will develop, demonstrate, and evaluate the application of AML to making Web content accessible in American Sign Language (ASL). This development will entail the implementation of an Encoder to create AML from English text, and a Decoder to generate grammatical ASL from AML.Multinational corporations and institutions have recognized the economic and social need to make information and instruction accessible to persons around the world for whom English is, at best, a second language. To address this issue, international organizations, including the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) are defining methodologies for using Controlled Languages, systems of annotation and, in the future, the Semantic Web to increase accessibility in other languages. These same emerging technologies and infrastructure can provide an unprecedented opportunity to make information available to underserved Americans with sensory, cognitive, and cultural differences. This project will demonstrate the application of emerging information technology to make information accessible to Deaf persons, and will provide resources for further research into ASL linguistics. The initial commercial product based on this technology will be a translation and authoring tool that substantially automates the creation of grammatical, animated ASL from English text. This product will be used to increase access by Deaf and Hard of Hearing children and adults to digital information and to promote inclusive education and employment in accordance with the New Freedom Initiative, recent amendments to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act.