Aplicação Didática para o Ensino da Língua Brasileira de Sinais através da TV Digital

Abstract

Digital TV arrived in Brazil with a far superior audiovisual quality and especially with the possibility of interactivity with the viewer as to obtain information about a movie that is in the schedule, participation in surveys and, above all, the ability execution of applications of all kinds, that just mastering the use of remote control. Taking advantage of the interactivity made possible by technology from Digital TV, this work has as main objective the development of an application for viewers interested in seeing an application to the didactic teaching of Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS - Língua Brasileira de Sinais). With this objective, this paper addresses some of the historical world of digital TV, the development of Digital TV in Brazil and particularly the creation of the middleware by SBTVD (Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital) responsible for interactivity in the Brazilian System of Digital TV. Another topic is the means of communication used by deaf people, a subject addressed in this interactive application