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  • Assessing the Deaf User Perspective on Sign Language Avatars

    Michael Kipp, Quan Nguyen, Alexis Heloir, Silke Matthes · 2011 · Proceedings of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2011)

    This paper investigates Deaf community attitudes toward sign language avatars — virtual characters that perform sign language — through focus groups and a large-scale online study. Sign language avatars have the potential to make written content accessible to Deaf people whose…

    deaf · sign language avatar · German Sign Language · user acceptance · focus groups

  • Improving Public Transit Accessibility for Blind Riders: A Train Station Navigation Assistant

    Markus Guentert · 2011 · The Proceedings of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2011)

    This short paper presents a prototype iPhone application designed to help blind people navigate inside train stations — an environment where GPS is unavailable and orientation is particularly challenging. The author's motivation comes from interviews with blind users and a…

    blindness · indoor navigation · public transit · iPhone · wayfinding

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