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The study aims to promote a design for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people to communicate fluently and in a good social manner through an assistive technology. Sixteen semi-interviews for DHH people were conducted. Findings were combined with prior literature to develop a new prototype. “IKnow”, which is an augmented reality glass, could translate between voice and text to help target users communicate with people without hearing disabilities fluently. Different from existing devices, “IKnow” relies on visual technology instead of audio one to help DHH people. Besides, devices focus on how to deal with manner and fluency problem in communication. To improve the design, future study should focus on the place of interface to ensure the activity of DHH people will not be affected by wearable devices.
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Yuan, Y., Yurong, Y. (2021). “IKnow”: Helping Those with Hearing Impairment Communicate Fluently. In: Ahram, T.Z., Falcão, C.S. (eds) Advances in Usability, User Experience, Wearable and Assistive Technology. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 275. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80091-8_48
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