Abstract
Communication is a basic desire for all humankind, and it is believed that no special groups should suffer from a cultural lag in communication. This study focuses on special groups like people with an acoustic disturbance, and those with a normal sense of hearing who are able only to communicate through sign and finger languages. Among the major difficulties encountered during communication, there were individual differences in the understanding of texts and in the expressive method of gestures. To solve these basic problems, this study largely consisted of three stages. Firstly, the illustrations used in the sign and finger language textbooks of the Seon-hee Seoul National School for the Deaf (SNSD), as representative of schools for handicapped children in Korea, were redesigned into different illustrations that incorporated a high level of perceptiveness. Secondly, new sign language textbooks were made by studying and applying the effects of line width and length, as well as the number of pictures, on the degree of perceptiveness in communication for developed sign and finger languages. Thirdly, a language output mode was created to focus on programs with high generality, centering on developed textbooks and various prototypes of sign and finger languages. The difference in perception, among other things, will be measured in consideration of the speed of sign language, the shape of characters and the emotional aspect. This new textbook for the deaf is planned to be released all around the world, although the study of its effects may require the whole lifetime of the researcher. However, in consideration of those people who have difficulty in satisfying the basic interactive desire of humans and are socially isolated in their capacity for communication, this study is worthy of great expectations for the future.
Citation
Jang, J. (2002) Comparison between communication instruments for people with speech impediments and the efficiency of GUI environments, in Durling, D. and Shackleton, J. (eds.), Common Ground - DRS International Conference 2002, 5-7 September, London, United Kingdom. https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conference-papers/drs2002/researchpapers/36
Comparison between communication instruments for people with speech impediments and the efficiency of GUI environments
Communication is a basic desire for all humankind, and it is believed that no special groups should suffer from a cultural lag in communication. This study focuses on special groups like people with an acoustic disturbance, and those with a normal sense of hearing who are able only to communicate through sign and finger languages. Among the major difficulties encountered during communication, there were individual differences in the understanding of texts and in the expressive method of gestures. To solve these basic problems, this study largely consisted of three stages. Firstly, the illustrations used in the sign and finger language textbooks of the Seon-hee Seoul National School for the Deaf (SNSD), as representative of schools for handicapped children in Korea, were redesigned into different illustrations that incorporated a high level of perceptiveness. Secondly, new sign language textbooks were made by studying and applying the effects of line width and length, as well as the number of pictures, on the degree of perceptiveness in communication for developed sign and finger languages. Thirdly, a language output mode was created to focus on programs with high generality, centering on developed textbooks and various prototypes of sign and finger languages. The difference in perception, among other things, will be measured in consideration of the speed of sign language, the shape of characters and the emotional aspect. This new textbook for the deaf is planned to be released all around the world, although the study of its effects may require the whole lifetime of the researcher. However, in consideration of those people who have difficulty in satisfying the basic interactive desire of humans and are socially isolated in their capacity for communication, this study is worthy of great expectations for the future.