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Do sign language videos improve Web navigation for Deaf Signer users?
Inmaculada Fajardo1, Elena Parra, José J Cañas
1Facultad de Psicología, Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, University of Valencia, Blasco Ibañez, 21, Valencia, Spain. infabra@uv.es
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
|March 3, 2010
Summary
Video-based sign language (SL) navigation aids enhance web search for Deaf Signers. Integrating SL videos with text links reduces disorientation and improves overall search efficiency.
Area of Science:
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Accessibility Research
- Web Usability
Background:
- Web navigation presents challenges for Deaf Signers due to reliance on text-based interfaces.
- Sign language (SL) is the primary language for many Deaf individuals, impacting their digital literacy.
- Existing web navigation tools may not adequately cater to the linguistic needs of Deaf users.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of video-based sign language (SL) navigation aids in improving web search performance for Deaf Signers.
- To compare the impact of spatial contiguity between text hyperlinks and SL videos on search efficiency.
- To assess the influence of SL navigation aids on user disorientation during web searches.
Main Methods:
- Two experiments were conducted comparing different web navigation aid conditions.
- Experiment 1: Compared text hyperlinks with embedded SL videos, varying spatial contiguity (contiguous vs. distant).
- Experiment 2: Compared text hyperlinks with embedded SL videos (contiguous) against text-only hyperlinks.
Main Results:
- Deaf Signers showed similar performance with contiguous and distant SL video aids, but word categorization correlated with efficiency in the distant condition.
- In Experiment 2, the text plus SL video condition resulted in less disorientation (shorter search paths) compared to text-only hyperlinks.
- The correlation between word categorization abilities and search efficiency was observed only in the text-only condition.
Conclusions:
- Video-based sign language (SL) navigation aids significantly improve web search efficiency for Deaf Signers.
- Integrating SL videos with text hyperlinks reduces user disorientation during web navigation.
- The findings highlight the importance of accessible design in web interfaces for the Deaf community.
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