Movement Research in ASL

[Rachel Channon]

Hi Dan,
Your model sounds interesting.  Can you explain "tract variables"? More
degrees of freedom than what?   Can you explain a little more what you are
doing?  What is the goal for an articulatory model?  For machine sign
production?
Rachel


> I'm working on developing an articulatory phonology model (a la Haskins
> Labs) for signed languages. Currently, I'm trying to take care of the
> heavy lifting involved in the task dynamics needed to specify tract
> variables, etc. There are many more degrees of freedom to take into
> account, so this one is a toughie.
>