Automatic Text Simplification Tools for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adults: Benefits of Lexical Simplification and Providing Users with Autonomy

Alonzo, Oliver; Seita, Matthew; Glasser, Abraham; Huenerfauth, Matt

doi:10.1145/3313831.3376563

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“…• A discussion of the implications of our indings for the design of ATS-based reading assistance tools, which: expands prior research on DHH users' preference for such technologies providing autonomy [7] by identifying new design variables to consider related to autonomy; highlights DHH users' concerns about ATS accuracy, which had not been previously been explored in prior work; and suggests potential design directions that may help mitigate social accessibility issues.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…the quality of the output produced by ATS systems (e.g. [57]), evaluating the linguistic needs and beneits from ATS for diferent user groups [7,38,44,50,55], and investigating certain design aspects of the potential user-interface of such tools [7,56]. Only one prior work, however, has focused on investigating the needs and interests in using these tools among speciic user groups in a speciic domain, namely, adults with autism reading online reviews [74].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Reading-Assistance Tools Among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Computing Professionals in the U.S.: Their Reading Experiences, Interests and Perceptions of Social Accessibility

Alonzo

Elliot

Dingman

et al. 2022

ACM Trans. Access. Comput.

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Automatic Text Simplification (ATS) software aims to automatically rewrite complex text to make it simpler to read. Prior research has explored the use of ATS as a reading assistance technology, identifying benefits from providing these technologies to different groups of users, including Deaf and Hard-of-hearing (DHH) adults. However, little work has investigated the interests and requirements of specific groups of potential users of this technology. Considering prior work establishing that computing professionals often need to read about new technologies in order to stay current in their profession, in this study, we investigated the reading experiences and interests of DHH individuals with work experience in the computing industry in ATS-based reading assistance tools, as well as their perspective on the social accessibility of those tools. Through a survey and two sets of interviews, we found that these users read relatively often, especially in support of their work, and were interested in tools to assist them with complicated texts; but misperceptions arising from public use of these tools may conflict with participants’ desired image in a professional context. This empirical contribution motivates further research into ATS-based reading assistance tools for these users, prioritizing which reading activities users are most interested in seeing application of this technology, and highlighting design considerations for creating ATS tools for DHH adults, including considerations for social accessibility.

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Reading-Assistance Tools Among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Computing Professionals in the U.S.: Their Reading Experiences, Interests and Perceptions of Social Accessibility

Alonzo

Elliot

Dingman

et al. 2022

ACM Trans. Access. Comput.

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“…Another potential solution is to provide options for lexical simplification in platforms. Though studies have not yet concluded direct benefits for reading comprehension, a 2020 study did find DHH participants preferred to have the autonomy to change the language complexity of text on demand [10].…”

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Social App Accessibility for Deaf Signers

Mack

Bragg

Morris

et al. 2020

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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Social media platforms support the sharing of written text, video, and audio. All of these formats may be inaccessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH), particularly those who primarily communicate via sign language, people who we call Deaf signers. We study how Deaf signers engage with social platforms, focusing on how they share content and the barriers they face. We employ a mixed-methods approach involving seven in-depth interviews and a survey of a larger population (n = 60). We find that Deaf signers share the most in written English, despite their desire to share in sign language. We further identify key areas of difficulty in consuming content (e.g., lack of captions for spoken content in videos) and producing content (e.g., captioning signed videos, signing into a phone camera) on social media platforms. Our results both provide novel insights into social media use by Deaf signers and reinforce prior findings on DHH communication more generally, while revealing potential ways to make social media platforms more accessible to Deaf signers.CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Social media; • Social and professional topics → People with disabilities;

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“…This includes, if needed, text simplification which replaces text with simpler equivalents to simplify the sign language translation and enhance understanding. Although automated methods have been proposed (e.g., [67,68]), in this paper we propose that as sign language translators are part of the methodology they are also involved in the simplification of the text. This is also important as content for CH applications is more challenging because it usually contains specialized CH terms that may pose requirements in terms of translation.…”

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Supporting Sign Language Narrations in the Museum

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The accessibility of Cultural Heritage content for the diverse user population visiting Cultural Heritage Institutions and accessing content online has not been thoroughly discussed. Considering the penetration of new digital media in such physical and virtual spaces, lack of accessibility may result in the exclusion of a large user population. To overcome such emerging barriers, this paper proposes a cost-effective methodology for the implementation of Virtual Humans, which are capable of narrating content in a universally accessible form and acting as virtual storytellers in the context of online and on-site CH experiences. The methodology is rooted in advances in motion capture technologies and Virtual Human implementation, animation, and multi-device rendering. This methodology is employed in the context of a museum installation at the Chios Mastic Museum where VHs are presenting the industrial process of mastic processing for chewing gum production.

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Automatic Text Simplification Tools for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adults: Benefits of Lexical Simplification and Providing Users with Autonomy

Cited by 34 publications

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Reading-Assistance Tools Among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Computing Professionals in the U.S.: Their Reading Experiences, Interests and Perceptions of Social Accessibility

Reading-Assistance Tools Among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Computing Professionals in the U.S.: Their Reading Experiences, Interests and Perceptions of Social Accessibility

Social App Accessibility for Deaf Signers

Supporting Sign Language Narrations in the Museum

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