SBIR Phase II: The Accessible Semantic Web

这一小型Busees创新研究第二阶段项目建议开发一种无障碍标记语言(AML)，该语言使用适当翻译成其他形式所需的语言信息来注释英语文本的数字表示，以满足身体或认知残疾人士的需要。作为这项技术的范例，VCom3D将开发、演示和评估AML在使美国手语(ASL)中的Web内容可访问方面的应用。这一发展将需要实施一个从英语文本创建AML的编码器和一个从AML生成语法ASL的解码器。跨国公司和机构已经认识到经济和社会需要，使世界各地的人都能获得信息和指导，对他们来说，英语充其量只是第二语言。为了解决这一问题，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的方法、注释系统，并在未来定义语义网，以提高其他语言的可访问性。这些同样的新兴技术和基础设施可以提供前所未有的机会，让服务不足的美国人获得信息，这些美国人的感觉、认知和文化差异。该项目将展示新兴信息技术的应用，使聋人能够获得信息，并将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种翻译和创作工具，基本上可以自动从英文文本创建符合语法的动画ASL。该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，并根据新自由倡议、1973年《康复法案》第508条、美国残疾人法案(ADA)和《电信法》第255条最近的修正案，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.