Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• We Need to Communicate! Helping Hearing Parents of Deaf Children Learn American Sign Language

  Kimberly A. Weaver, Thad Starner (2011) — The Proceedings of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents interview research with hearing parents of deaf children to understand their motivations, challenges, and needs when learning American Sign Language, informing the design of SMARTSign, a mobile ASL learning application. In the Uni…

  • deaf accessibility
  • sign language
  • educational technology
  • mobile accessibility
  • Deaf Culture
  • language access
  • communication
  • child development

• The Vlogging Phenomena: A Deaf Perspective

  Ellen S. Hibbard, Deb I. Fels (2011) — The Proceedings of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper examines how Deaf people use video blogging (vlogging) technology to communicate in American Sign Language (ASL) on mainstream and specialized platforms. The researchers compared vlogging practices on YouTube, a mainstream video-sharing si…

  • deaf accessibility
  • sign language
  • video accessibility
  • social media
  • Deaf Culture
  • online communities
  • American Sign Language
  • vlogging