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  • Enhancing Accessibility through Correction of Speech Recognition Errors

    John-Mark Bell · 2007 · SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing

    This paper investigates methods for automatically correcting errors in speech recognition-generated captions of university lectures, aiming to improve accessibility for hearing-impaired students. The author notes that while ASR-based captioning can make lectures accessible by…

    automatic speech recognition · captioning · deaf and hard of hearing · higher education · natural language processing

  • Using Networked Multimedia to Improve Educational Access for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

    Anna C. Cavender · 2007 · SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing

    This paper proposes a networked multimedia platform to address the specific challenges deaf and hard of hearing students face in mainstream university classrooms. The author identifies three core problems. First, isolation: as more deaf students enter mainstream universities,…

    deaf and hard of hearing · higher education · sign language · captioning · remote interpreting

  • Improving the Efficacy of Automated Sign Language Practice Tools

    Helene Brashear · 2007 · SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing

    This paper describes dissertation research on improving automatic sign language recognition for CopyCat, an interactive computer game that helps young deaf children practice American Sign Language (ASL). The work addresses a critical need: 90% of deaf children are born to…

    sign language · sign language detection · gesture-based interaction · computer vision · machine learning

  • Variable frame rate for low power mobile sign language communication

    Neva Cherniavsky, Anna C. Cavender, Richard E. Ladner, Eve A. Riskin · 2007 · Proceedings of the 9th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '07)

    This paper from the University of Washington MobileASL team — Neva Cherniavsky, Anna Cavender, Richard Ladner, and Eve Riskin — addresses a then-emerging problem: enabling Deaf people in the United States to hold real-time American Sign Language conversations over the cellular…

    American Sign Language · sign language · fingerspelling · Deaf community · video phone

  • Photonote evaluation: aiding students with disabilities in a lecture environment

    Gregory Hughes, Peter Robinson · 2007 · Proceedings of the 9th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '07)

    Hughes and Robinson at the Cambridge Computer Laboratory present Photonote, a lecture-capture system designed specifically for students with disabilities, and a controlled user study comparing it to human note-takers. Where existing lecture-capture systems (eClass, Lecture…

    lecture capture · note-taking · educational accessibility · academic accommodation · sign language interpreter

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