When text is not the answer: supporting low-literate deaf online

dc.contributor.advisorSummers, Kathryn
dc.contributor.authorMcNamara, Doug
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Baltimore. School of Information Arts and Technologiesen
dc.contributor.programUniversity of Baltimore. Master of Science in Information Design and Information Architectureen
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-20T20:46:19Z
dc.date.available2016-12-20T20:46:19Z
dc.date.issued2012-06
dc.descriptionM.S. -- University of Baltimore, 2012en
dc.descriptionThesis submitted to the School of Information Arts and Technologies at the University of Baltimore in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Information Design and Information Architecture.en
dc.description.abstractPresently, 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.en
dc.format.extent57 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.genrethesesen
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2J83H
dc.identifier.otherMcNamara_baltimore_0942N_10041
dc.identifier.otherUB_2012_McNamara_D
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/3736
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsThis item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is made available by the University of Baltimore for non-commercial research and educational purposes.en
dc.subject.lcshComputers and people with disabilitiesen
dc.subject.lcshAssistive computer technologyen
dc.subject.lcshAmerican Sign Languageen
dc.subject.lcshDeafen
dc.titleWhen text is not the answer: supporting low-literate deaf onlineen
dc.typeTexten

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