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ITU-T H Suppl. 1 (05/1999)	عربي \| 中文 \| English \| Español \| Français \| Русский
Application profile – Sign language and lip-reading real-time conversation using low bit rate video communication
Sign language and lip-reading are two important application areas of video communication. For the successful transmission of the components of visual language, certain quality requirements must be met.This supplement is an application profile document that gives the background to the requirements and offers as well guidance on how these requirements can be met. The purpose of this supplement is not to propose new video coding schemes, but rather to indicate how current and future video coding schemes can be applied to these two areas of application, with good results.

Approval date:	1999-05-27
Approval process:	Agreed
Status:	In force
Observation:	This Supplement includes one CD-ROM containing the video clip "Irene" to be used as test material for video coding of sign language. Due to the data volume, this Supplement is not downloadable from ITU website and should be provided from Sales department (Email: sales@itu.int). Only the Supplement text is downloadable free of charge for information purpose
Maintenance responsibility:	ITU-T Study Group 16
Further detail(s):	Patent statement(s) Associated test signals