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• Beyond Technical Metrics: Understanding the Gap Between AI Performance and Deaf User Experience in Chinese Natural Sign Language Generation

  Yang Liu, Hui Kang, Yurun He, Jiahui Li · 2026 · Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 paper investigates the disconnect between technical performance metrics and actual Deaf user experience in AI-generated Chinese Natural Sign Language (CNSL). The authors argue that existing sign language generation research, dominated by hearing researchers, relies…

  sign language generation · deaf accessibility · AI accessibility · participatory design · human-centered evaluation

• AuslanSpell: An Interactive Technology for Improving Auslan Fingerspelling Comprehension

  Kalin Stefanov, Andre Ky Pham, Antony Smith Loose, Lucy M Robertson-Bell, Louisa Jane Vaughan Willoughby · 2026 · Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  AuslanSpell is an interactive learning tool that converts arbitrary English text into 3D motion-captured animations of Australian Sign Language (Auslan) fingerspelling, targeting hearing learners who struggle with the hardest part of sign-language learning: reading…

  Auslan · fingerspelling · sign language · signing avatar · language learning

• Reimagining Sign Language Technologies: Analyzing Translation Work of Chinese Deaf Online Content Creators

  Xinru Tang, Anne Marie Piper · 2026 · Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  Tang and Piper investigate the translation practices of thirteen deaf Chinese online content creators who produce sign language videos for Kuaishou, Bilibili, Douyin, WeChat, and Xiaohongshu, reaching audiences that range from thousands to nearly a quarter million followers. The…

  sign language · deaf accessibility · sign language translation · content creators · translanguaging

• Designing a Generative AI-Assisted Music Psychotherapy Tool for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals

  Youjin Choi, JaeYoung Moon, JinYoung Yoo, Jennifer G. Kim, Jin-Hyuk Hong · 2026 · Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  Choi and colleagues designed, built, and evaluated a generative-AI music psychotherapy tool co-designed with licensed Korean music therapists for deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) users. The work is motivated by the observation that music psychotherapy — which uses songwriting,…

  music therapy · deaf accessibility · DHH · generative AI · conversational agent

• LaboSignes: an Interactive French Sign Language Recognition Interface

  Jules Françoise, Julie Lascar, Cyril Verrechia, Sidonie Minodier, Michèle Gouiffès, Annelies Braffort · 2026 · Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26)

  LaboSignes is a web-based interactive French Sign Language (LSF) recognition system aimed at search-by-sign, addressing the fact that most online resources, including bilingual dictionaries and news sites, are navigable only through written French, which is a second language for…

  sign language · French Sign Language · sign language recognition · Deaf accessibility · gesture recognition

• ArtfulSign: A Closed-Loop, Semantics-Grounded Mobile System for Learning Chinese Sign Language

  Yuan Zhao, Yueran Wang, Chenglong Tan, Siyang Tong, Dengfeng Yao, Wei Zhen · 2026 · Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '26)

  ArtfulSign is a mobile iOS application that reframes Chinese Sign Language (CSL) learning as an embodied skill practiced through short closed-loop interaction cycles rather than passive video consumption. The authors argue that most existing sign language learning tools - video…

  Chinese Sign Language · sign language learning · embodied learning · closed-loop interaction · semantic grounding

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