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Near-Object Projection? Smart Glasses? Smart Watch? Tablet?
The need-finding study comes from Bai, Zhen, et al. "Signing-on-the-Fly: Technology Preferences to Reduce Communication Gap between Hearing Parents and Deaf Children." Interaction Design and Children. 2022. It used video demonstrations that depict a hearing individual interacting with a DHH individual in ASL based on different mockup prototypes on the four real devices.
Participants
Lead users: 20 hearing parents of DHH children
Lead users: 43 DHH parents of DHH children
Experts: 2 teachers of DHH children
Evaluate Performance in Key Design Aspects
ASL delivery: easy to glance
ASL clarity: provide clear ASL signs
Easy to carry out ASL
Unobtrusive toy play
Visibility of adult’s face
Preference of the four prototypes
Result
All four prototypes received similar positive feedback for key design aspects.
Smart Watch received a relatively low rating on “Ease to carry out ASL”
Near-Object Projection is the most preferred prototype.
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