Improving multimodal web accessibility for deaf people: Sign language interpreter module

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 181-199

  Debevc, Matjaž ^a   Kosec, Primož ^a   Holzinger, Andreas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Deaf and hard of hearing; Human computer interaction; Sign language; Transparent video; Usability; Video

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING; HUMAN-COMPUTER; SIGN LANGUAGE; TRANSPARENT VIDEO; USABILITY; VIDEO;

AUDITION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

EID: 79959525745     PISSN: 13807501     EISSN: 15737721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11042-010-0529-8     Document Type: Article

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