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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

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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.

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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.