4 papers
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…
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…
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…
Towards AI-driven Sign Language Generation with Non-manual Markers
Han Zhang, Rotem Shalev-Arkushin, Vasileios Baltatzis +7
Sign languages are essential for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) community. Sign language generation systems have the potential to support communication by translating from writ…