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Is Video on the Web for Sign Languages ?

This position paper treats the feasibility of making Sign Language part of the Web fabric. The position I adopt is that Sign Languages need video as a requirement for communication and informational purposes. There is no single accepted writing system nor graphical notation for Sign Languages and gestures and facial expressions are still too impersonal and computationally hard to fake. We will review the challenges and the requirements of Deaf users and see that these problems are addressable and will allow Deaf people to become first class citizens on the Internet. If Video on the Web “is for Sign Languages”, then this paper suggests an action plan to make it a reality.