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Bridging the digital divide for deaf signer users

Authors:

Inmaculada Fajardo,

José Juan CañasAuthors Info & Claims

ECCE '08: Proceedings of the 15th European conference on Cognitive ergonomics: the ergonomics of cool interaction

Article No.: 37, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/1473018.1473065

Published: 16 January 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Motivation -- In order to design strategies to overcome deaf signer users' digital divide, the authors portray an overview of some of the cognitive processing characteristics of this type of users during Web information search based on insights gained from the Cogniweb project's empirical research.

Research approach -- Critical review of 5 experiments on Web Information Search which manipulated system and users' variables.

Findings/Design -- The results highlight the relevance of 3 cognitive factors as predictors of Web information search efficiency for deaf people: reading skills, verbal categorization abilities and visual-spatial span. Additionally, the results suggest that the usage of textual hyperlinks linked to videos with their Sing Language translations seems to be an efficient Web navigation mechanism for deaf signer users.

Research limitations/Implications -- A small number of deaf signer users participated in the set of studies, which limited a possible generalisation of the findings.

Originality/Value -- The research makes a contribution to the knowledge about how cognitive and systems factors interact and how this knowledge can be used to increase Web information scents for deaf signer people.

Take away message -- Need of researchers to investigate Sign Language navigation mechanisms as an alternative to overcome the digital divide for users of linguistic minorities like deaf signers.

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ECCE '08: Proceedings of the 15th European conference on Cognitive ergonomics: the ergonomics of cool interaction

January 2008

205 pages

ISBN:9781605583990

DOI:10.1145/1473018

Co-chairs:
Nuno Jardim Nunes
University of Madeira, PT
,
José J. Cañas
Universidad de Granada, ES
,
Françoise Détienne
INRIA, FR
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Editors:
Julio Abascal
University of the Basque Country, ES
,
Inmaculada Fajardo
University of Manchester, UK
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Ian Oakley
University of Madeira, PT
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General Chair:
Joaquim Jorge
INESC (Universidade T_ecnica de Lisboa, PT)
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Gerrit van der Veer
Open Universiteit, NL
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Willem-Paul Brinkman
Delft University of Technology, NL
,
Norros Leena
VTT, FI
,
William Wong
Middlesex University, UK

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