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Hey yaa - wearable to support deaf communication
This document discusses the development of a haptic wearable device to support communication for deaf people. The researchers developed a prototype consisting of a pair of belts that could vibrate when one user presses a button to get the other user's attention. They conducted exploratory studies with deaf volunteers who found the concept easy to use and helpful for communication when visual contact is not possible. Based on the positive feedback, the researchers plan to further develop the prototype to support group communication and integration with environmental alerts. The goal is to improve deaf people's ability to communicate through haptic sensations without relying on sound, vision or physical contact.
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- 1. Maria Paula Saba,Denise Filippo, Fernando Reiszel Pereira, Pedro P. de Souza Superior School of Industrial Design - ESDI/UERJ CRIWG - Paraty, 2011 A Haptic Warning Wearable To Support Deaf People Communication
- 2. CRIWG 2011 Research Problem >How to call someone and start a conversation when there is no visual contact, no physical contact and no possibility of sound?
- 3. CRIWG 2011 Research Problem >This might sound very impossible or rare. But it is quite common, specially when: - people have hearing and speaking disabilities, - people are riding bikes, - people are in a noisy crowd,
- 4. CRIWG 2011 Research Problem >How hearing impaired are warned about: doorbells, telephones, fire alarms?
- 5. CRIWG 2011 By visualsigns. But if they are not looking at it? Research Problem
- 6. CRIWG 2011 Background Graham Bellwould give balloons to deaf children so they could be aware of horse carriages while playing in the streets. They just felt its VIBRATION.
- 7. CRIWG 2011 Research question deafpeople ill people elderly How to support people who wish to communicate when they don`t have physical and visual contact and cannot count on sound and speech?
- 8. CRIWG 2011 Context - Ubiquitouscomputing - Wearables
- 9. CRIWG 2011 Proposition - Communicationchannel for haptic warnings through a wearable device. - System allow users to draw other user’s attention through haptic sensation without using voice/ vision/ physical contact.
- 10. CRIWG 2011 Concept - Onecalling someone else
- 11. CRIWG 2011 Concept - Environmentalalerts (doorbells, fire alarms, alarm clocks)
- 12. CRIWG 2011 Concept - Groupnotification (when someone gets too far away)
- 13. CRIWG 2011 Scripts - Howcan this device change daily routine?
- 14. CRIWG 2011 Design guidelines -ubiquitous - peripheral position at user’s attention - to be used in daily routine: accessory - easy to carry - easy handling (urgent tasks) - strong vibration in a sensitive area - automatic feedback - aesthetics: computer or clothing?
- 15. CRIWG 2011 First prototype -exploratory case study - “I want to talk to you” - one press the button, the other feels vibrating while one receives feedback - public: deaf people
- 16. CRIWG 2011 First prototype -how does it look like? - pair of belts
- 17. CRIWG 2011 - arduino:open source platform for hardware prototyping - lilypad: wearable components for arduino, sensors and actuators - xbee: wireless transmitter/receiver First prototype
- 18. CRIWG 2011 - exploratorycase study > 1st: questionnarie and interview - 5 talking volunteers - print manual > 2nd: focus group - 10 deaf volunteers - translator needed Evaluation
- 19. CRIWG 2011 1st evaluation >5 people: - 3 young / 2 adults - 3 women / 2 men - 4 hearing / 1 disabled > tasks: - wear the belt, make it work, walk around in other rooms or out of the building and return when he/she felt it vibrating - questionnaire and interview
- 20. CRIWG 2011 Results INTERFACE > Allleanerd quickly and considered easy to dress and to feel vibrating, comfortable, aesthetically neutral, but difficult to turn on (lilypad switch) > 3 of 5 interested in different levels of vibration, concerned about electrick shocks and not bothered by eletronic components appearance COMMUNICATION > easy to call and to feel the call, feedback vibration really useful - walkie talkie concept: own code for communicating - hearing impaired girl wanted to buy regardless of price
- 21. CRIWG 2011 2nd evaluation >10 people: - from the same pastoral group - 10 deaf adults - 6 women / 4 men > tasks: - 3 minutes explanation - try the system freely, with group interaction - group interview with translator
- 22. CRIWG 2011 Results - allenjoyed the idea - all women tried, all men didn’t - good and beautiful (but hot under clothing) - curiosity about maximum distance - vibration might bot be strong enough - places to use: home, work and parties - question about how much it costs - suggested scenarios
- 23. CRIWG 2011 Conclusion - propositionwell accepted, indicating wearable computing and haptic communication can improve deaf people’s lives - design guidelines fit well - need of better hardware design “perfect” in LIBRAS
- 24. CRIWG 2011 Further development -long lasting evaluation - multiple users, group, broadcast - try communication codes - connect to environment devices such as doorbell
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- 26. CRIWG 2011 Thank you! -special thanks to Deaf Pastoral of Rio de Janeiro and all other volunteers Maria Paula - [email protected] Denise - [email protected]