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Facial expression sonification for the visually impaired /

Maha Ahmed Kamal Elgarf

Facial expression sonification for the visually impaired / Maha Ahmed Kamal Elgarf ; Supervised Hazem Abbas , Elisabeth Andrė , Ionut Damian - Cairo : Maha Ahmed Kamal Elgarf , 2015 - 62 Leaves : charts , facsimiles , photographs ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - German University - Faculty of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research - Department of Digital Media Engineering and Technology

Being diagnosed with visual impairment presents a greal challenge for the daily comminication process of the visually impaired. Facial expression has been regarded as one of the richest channels to convey information during a comminication process. Consequently, this master thesis project aims at enabling the visually impaired to engage in more interactive conversations by transmitting facial expressions through non speech audio counds. The process starts from a pair of eye glasses that the visually impaired person wears

Digital Media Engineering and Technology Facial expression sonification Visually impaired