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Thesis Info

LABS ID
00297
Thesis Title
Designing a Deaf culture specific web site
Author
Suvi Kitunen
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
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.