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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00297
- Thesis Title
- Designing a Deaf culture specific web site
- Author
- Suvi Kitunen
- E-mail
- pipsa.asiala AT taik.fi
- 2nd Author
- 3rd Author
- Degree
- MA in New Media
- Year
- 2009
- Number of Pages
- 76
- University
- University of Art and Design Helsinki
- Thesis Supervisor
- Antti Raike
- Supervisor e-mail
- antti.raike AT taik.fi
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Language(s) of Thesis
- English
- Department / Discipline
- Media Lab, New Media
- Copyright Ownership
- Suvi Kitunen
- Languages Familiar to Author
- English, Finnish, Swedish
- URL where full thesis can be found
- Keywords
- deaf and hard of hearing, participatory design, user experience, interface design, cross-cultural design, accessibility, dyslexia
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- Comprehensive Research _ Suvi Kitunen’s thesis reports a practice-led design research of how to design inclusive websites for the deaf community. It contains a comprehensive literature review of different inter-related areas: the deaf culture, existing interface design and design methodologies and methods. The result is a set of design recommendations with a demonstration website for the deaf.