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Mechanisms for multimodality : taking fiction to another dimension
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posted on 2007-01-01, 00:00 authored by K Glass, Shaun BangayShaun Bangay, B AlcockWe present methods for automatically constructing representations of fiction books in a range of modalities: audibly, graphically and as 3D virtual environments. The correspondence between the sequential ordering of events against the order of events presented in the text is used to correctly resolve the dynamic interactions for each representation. Synthesised audio created from the fiction text is used to calibrate the base time-line against which the other forms of media are correctly aligned. The audio stream is based on speech synthesis using the text of the book, and is enhanced using distinct voices for the different characters in a book. Sound effects are included automatically. The graphical representation represents the text (as subtitles), identifies active characters and provides visual feedback of the content of the story. Dynamic virtual environments conform to the constraints implied by the story, and are used as a source of further visual content. These representations are all aligned to a common time-line, and combined using sequencing facilities to provide a multimodal version of the original text.
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International conference on computer graphics, virtual reality, visualisation and interaction in Africa (5th : 2007 : Grahamstown, South Africa)Pagination
135 - 144Publisher
Association for Computing MachineryLocation
Grahamstown, South AfricaPlace of publication
New York, N.Y.Publisher DOI
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2007-10-29End date
2007-10-31ISBN-13
9781595939067Language
engPublication classification
E1.1 Full written paper - refereedCopyright notice
2007, Association for Computing MachineryEditor/Contributor(s)
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Afrigraph '07 : proceedings of the 5th international conference on computer graphics, virtual reality, visualisation and interaction in AfricaUsage metrics
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