Towards communication and information access for deaf people

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dc.contributor.authorBlake, Edwin
dc.contributor.authorTucker, William
dc.contributor.authorGlaser, Meryl
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-22T14:13:45Z
dc.date.available2016-03-22T14:13:45Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2016-03-22T13:53:51Z
dc.description.abstractIn tightly circumscribed communication situations an interactive system resident on a mobile device can assist Deaf people with their communication and information needs. The Deaf users considered here use South African Sign Language and information is conveyed by a collection of pre-recorded video clips and images. The system was developed according to our method of community-based co-design. We present several stages of the development as a series of case studies and highlight our experience. The first stage involved ethnographically inspired methods such as cultural probes. In the next stage we co-designed a medical consultation system that was ultimately dropped for technical reasons. A smaller system was developed for pharmaceutical dispensing and successfully implemented and tested. It now awaits deployment in an actual pharmacy. We also developed a preliminary authoring tool to tackle the problem of content generation for interactive computer literacy training. We are also working on another medical health information tool. We intend that a generic authoring tool be able to generate mobile applications for all of these scenarios. These mobile applications bridge communication gaps for Deaf people via accessible and affordable assistive technology.en_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.18489/sacj.v54i0.236
dc.identifier.apacitationBlake, E., Tucker, W., & Glaser, M. (2014). Towards communication and information access for deaf people. <i>South African Computer Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18183en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBlake, Edwin, William Tucker, and Meryl Glaser "Towards communication and information access for deaf people." <i>South African Computer Journal</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18183en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBlake, E., Tucker, W., & Glaser, M. (2014). Towards communication and information access for Deaf people. South African Computer Journal, 54.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issnSouth African Computer Societyen_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Blake, Edwin AU - Tucker, William AU - Glaser, Meryl AB - In tightly circumscribed communication situations an interactive system resident on a mobile device can assist Deaf people with their communication and information needs. The Deaf users considered here use South African Sign Language and information is conveyed by a collection of pre-recorded video clips and images. The system was developed according to our method of community-based co-design. We present several stages of the development as a series of case studies and highlight our experience. The first stage involved ethnographically inspired methods such as cultural probes. In the next stage we co-designed a medical consultation system that was ultimately dropped for technical reasons. A smaller system was developed for pharmaceutical dispensing and successfully implemented and tested. It now awaits deployment in an actual pharmacy. We also developed a preliminary authoring tool to tackle the problem of content generation for interactive computer literacy training. We are also working on another medical health information tool. We intend that a generic authoring tool be able to generate mobile applications for all of these scenarios. These mobile applications bridge communication gaps for Deaf people via accessible and affordable assistive technology. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Computer Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 SM - South African Computer Society T1 - Towards communication and information access for deaf people TI - Towards communication and information access for deaf people UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18183 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/18183
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBlake E, Tucker W, Glaser M. Towards communication and information access for deaf people. South African Computer Journal. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18183.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherSouth African Computer Societyen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSouth African Computer Journalen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://sacj.cs.uct.ac.za/
dc.subject.otherassistive technology
dc.subject.otherauthoring tools
dc.subject.otherco-design
dc.subject.otherhealth care
dc.subject.otherinformation and communications technology for development
dc.subject.otherInternational Computer Drivers Licence
dc.subject.othermobile computing
dc.subject.otherpharmacy
dc.titleTowards communication and information access for deaf peopleen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
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