Community-Driven Information Accessibility: Online Sign Language Content Creation within d/Deaf Communities

Xinru Tang; Xiang Chang; Nuoran Chen; Yingjie (Mao Mao) Ni; RAY LC; Xin Tong

doi:10.1145/3544548.3581286

Community-Driven Information Accessibility: Online Sign Language Content Creation within d/Deaf Communities

Xinru Tang
, Xiang Chang
, Nuoran Chen
, Yingjie (Mao Mao) Ni
, RAY LC
, Xin Tong^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Creative Media

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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Abstract

Information access is one of the most significant challenges faced by d/Deaf signers due to a lack of sign language information. Given the challenges in machine-driven solutions, we seek to understand how d/Deaf communities can support the growth of sign language content. Based on interviews with 12 d/Deaf people in China, we found that d/Deaf videos, i.e., sign language videos created by and for d/Deaf people, can be crucial information sources and educational materials. Combining content analysis of 360 d/Deaf videos to better understand this type of video, we show how d/Deaf communities co-create information accessibility through collaboration in content creation online. We uncover two major challenges that creators need to address, e.g., difficulties in interpretation and inconsistent content qualities. We propose potential design opportunities and future research directions to support d/Deaf people's needs for sign language content through collaboration within d/Deaf communities. © 2023 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to ACM.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI'23
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Print)	9781450394215
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581286
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23): reCHInnecting - Hybrid, Hamburg, Germany Duration: 23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023 https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3544548 https://chi2023.acm.org/

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23)
Abbreviated title	CHI 2023
Place	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	23/04/23 → 28/04/23
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3544548 https://chi2023.acm.org/

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Research Keywords

accessibility
d/Deaf
d/Deaf community
Deaf
information access
online collaboration
online content creation and sharing
sign language
sign language content creation
sign language interpretation

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Tang, X., Chang, X., Chen, N., Ni, Y., LC, RAY., & Tong, X. (2023). Community-Driven Information Accessibility: Online Sign Language Content Creation within d/Deaf Communities. In CHI'23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 50 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581286

Tang, Xinru ; Chang, Xiang ; Chen, Nuoran et al. / Community-Driven Information Accessibility : Online Sign Language Content Creation within d/Deaf Communities. CHI'23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY : Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Tang, X, Chang, X, Chen, N, Ni, Y, LC, RAY & Tong, X 2023, Community-Driven Information Accessibility: Online Sign Language Content Creation within d/Deaf Communities. in CHI'23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 50, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), Hamburg, Germany, 23/04/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581286

Community-Driven Information Accessibility: Online Sign Language Content Creation within d/Deaf Communities. / Tang, Xinru; Chang, Xiang; Chen, Nuoran et al.
CHI'23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. 50 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Tang X, Chang X, Chen N, Ni Y, LC RAY, Tong X. Community-Driven Information Accessibility: Online Sign Language Content Creation within d/Deaf Communities. In CHI'23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery. 2023. 50. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Epub 2023 Apr 19. doi: 10.1145/3544548.3581286

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