SRS - Sign2Speech

Introduction

Purpose of the requirements document

This Software Requirements Specification (SRS) identifies the requirements for project "Sign2Speech". This is an open source projet and we shall present what we did for this project in case to catch interest of new potential contributors. This document is a guideline about the functionalities offered and the problems that the system solve.

Scope of the product

Sign2Speech could be used at reception desks or during video conferences to allow signing people to speak with people who don't know the French Sign Language. The main point of this project is to use Intel's Real Sense camera to recognize gestures from the French Sign Language to offer a new means of communication. The program will be able to transcribe gestures, done by a signing person, into written words, printed on the screen of the person who doesn't know the FSL. This communication will be made via a chat application working on WebRTC.

Glossary

• FSL: French Sign Language
• JSON: Javascript Object Notation . We use this format to store our dictionary.

References

• https://software.intel.com/sites/landingpage/realsense/camera-sdk/v1.1/documentation/html/index.html?doc_manuals_sdk_algorithms.html
• http://rapidjson.org/index.html

Overview of the remainder of the document

In the remainder of the document, the general description of the software will be exposed. The requirements (functional and non-functional) will be specified in another part. The document will end with the product evolution, the appendices and the index.

General Description

Product perspective

The main aim of our project is to help speechless people to communicate with other people. In this case, we develop a software able to recognize and analyze the sign language to retranscribing it in writting.

Product functions

Our product is able to understand a sign from the hand and to analyze and show the corresponding word on a screen.

User characteristics

Mainly, you will need one user that master sign language and another that doesn't know how to understand it. The first one will stand in the front of the camera and will speak with sign langage and the other one will watch the monitor to see the translation.

Operating environment

The camera's SDK only works on Windows. A good Internet connection is also required for the chat application, which only works with Mozilla Firefox due to restriction on Chrome (WebRTC needs a HTTPS connection). The user must not use a hotspot or a connection wich is under a complex NAT. The connection process for WebRTC will struggle to pass through the NAT and will send back an error message.

General constraints

Of course, the user needs to have Intel's Real Sense camera. We have reported different factors that have a negative consequence on the hand tracking process:

• The user must not wear bracelets or rings,
• The user should, as much as possible, use the camera under natural light, rather than artificial light sources,
• The user must wear a monochrome top that contrasts with the color of the skin.

These elements can reduce the errors and make the tracking better, but it still won’t be perfect because of the imprecisions of the camera themselves.

Specific requirements, covering functional, non-functional and interface requirements

• document external interfaces,
• describe system functionality and performance
• specify logical database requirements,
• design constraints,
• emergent system properties and quality characteristics.

Requirement

Function:

Description:

Inputs:

Source:

Outputs:

Destination:

Action:

• Natural language sentences (with MUST, MAY, SHALL)
• Graphical Notations : UML Sequence w/o collaboration diagrams, Process maps, Task Analysis (HTA, CTT)
• Mathematical Notations
• Tabular notations for several (condition --> action) tuples

Non functional requirements:

Pre-condition:

Post-condition:

Side-effects: