When text is not the answer: supporting low-literate deaf online
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2012-06
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University of Baltimore. School of Information Arts and Technologies
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University of Baltimore. Master of Science in Information Design and Information Architecture
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Abstract
Presently, text is the most common medium of accessible content offered to the Deaf1 community that otherwise would be presented in an audio format if the recipient were not deaf. However, this fails to address the high incidence of low-level literacy within the Deaf community. As news, education and entertainment content are increasingly presented through online, often interactive, channels addressing multiple input modalities including text, a significant portion of the Deaf community has been left out of the discourse commonly shared within the dominant hearing community. This paper's scope and purpose is primarily that of a literature review exploring the progress made towards support of Deaf access to online information.