Paper Info
Title
Deaf Users’ Preferences Among Wake-Up Approaches during Sign-Language Interaction with Personal Assistant Devices
Abstract
BSTRACT Personal-assistant devices like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are increasingly popular among consumers. Users activate these systems through some type of wake-up approach, e.g. using a wake-word “Alexa” or “Ok, Google.” Voice-based interaction poses accessibility barriers for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) users, and technologies for sign-language recognition are improving. We therefore explore wake-up interactions for DHH users for potential personal assistant devices that understand sign language commands. Interviews with DHH users (N=21) motivated the design of six wake-up approaches, and we produced video prototypes demonstrating each using a Wizard-of-Oz approach. These prototypes were evaluated in a follow-up study in which DHH users (N=12) identified factors that influenced their preference among approaches. This study contributes empirical knowledge about DHH ASL signers’ preferences and concerns with wake-up interaction, thereby providing guidance for future designers of these systems.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1145/3411763.3451592
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Accessibility, Sign Language, Personal Assistants
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Vaishnavi Mande101.35
Abraham Glasser255.35
Becca Dingman313.07
Matt Huenerfauth442851.83