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Seeing the Voice, Preserving the Self: A Participatory Design Approach to Deaf-Centric Text-to-Speech
Shela Atemnkeng, Patrick Boudreault, Paige DeVries +2
We describe a participatory design approach toward developing Deaf-centric text-to-speech (TTS) technologies. While TTS is growing rapidly in the mainstream, it has received little…
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Access to Intelligent Personal Assistants: Comparison of Voice-Based Options with an LLM-Powered Touch Interface
Paige S. DeVries, Michaela Okosi, Ming Li +6
We investigate intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people who can use their voice in everyday communication. The inability of IP…
Barriers to Employment: The Deaf Multimedia Authoring Tax
C. Vogler, A. Glasser, R. Kushalnagar +7
This paper describes the challenges that deaf and hard of hearing people face with creating accessible multimedia content, such as portfolios, instructional videos and video presen…
Assessment of Sign Language-Based versus Touch-Based Input for Deaf Users Interacting with Intelligent Personal Assistants
Nina Tran, Paige DeVries, Matthew Seita +3
With the recent advancements in intelligent personal assistants (IPAs), their popularity is rapidly increasing when it comes to utilizing Automatic Speech Recognition within househ…
Sign Language-Based versus Touch-Based Input for Deaf Users with Interactive Personal Assistants in Simulated Kitchen Environments
Paige DeVries, Nina Tran, Keith Delk +6
In this study, we assess the usability of interactive personal assistants (IPAs), such as Amazon Alexa, in a simulated kitchen smart home environment, with deaf and hard of hearing…