
pmid: 17225637
The World Wide Web has changed the way people interact. It has also become an important equalizer of information access for many social sectors. However, for many people, including some sign language users, Web accessing can be difficult. For some, it not only presents another barrier to overcome but has left them without cultural equality. The present article describes a system that allows sign language–only Web pages to be created and linked through a video-based technique called signlinking. In two studies, 14 Deaf participants examined two iterations of signlinked Web pages to gauge the usability and learnability of a signing Web page interface. The first study indicated that signing Web pages were usable by sign language users but that some interface features required improvement. The second study showed increased usability for those features; users consequently could navigate sign language information with ease and pleasure.
Adult, Internet, Chi-Square Distribution, Adolescent, Educational Technology, Video Recording, Education of Persons with Hearing Disabilities, Reproducibility of Results, Persons with Hearing Disabilities, Sign Language, User-Computer Interface, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Humans, Computer-Assisted Instruction
Adult, Internet, Chi-Square Distribution, Adolescent, Educational Technology, Video Recording, Education of Persons with Hearing Disabilities, Reproducibility of Results, Persons with Hearing Disabilities, Sign Language, User-Computer Interface, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Humans, Computer-Assisted Instruction
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