Group name: DEAFining news
What we have done.
This week we have discussed a lot on where we should go from here and try
to define more exactly on what our solution would be because on the
presentation last week we only had a dream scenario and one possible example of
how we could reach, to a certain extent, this dream scenario. We also got
feedback on the presentation that maybe we should try to think on a more
futuristic solution than we had in mind at that time. So we have brainstormed
around different solutions and tried to settle for one that we want to go
through with for the rest of the course.
We still hadn’t tried to contact SVT so we e-mailed the lecturer in this
course, Ulf Johansson, who is head of news at SVT, to see if he know anything
about their work in bringing news to deaf people or if he know who to turn to
at SVT. We also changed from doing a face-to-face interview to doing an e-mail
interview with SDR (Sveriges Dövas Riksförbund). More on the reason of this
further down.
What we will do.
Next we will wait for answers from SDR and SVT. We also need to investigate
further on the technology that we want to use for our solution and think of how
to package the final concept. An important task that is getting closer is also
to start writing on our chapter for the book that will describe our project.
Problems encountered.
In order to gather more information about deaf people and how their
situation is we wanted to talk with SDR. This because we know very little about
this subject but also to get more information regarding our how news is
perceived by people with hearing impairments today. We encountered a problem
though because in order to do face-to-face interviews we needed two
interpreters and we couldn’t get those for the meeting we had booked with SDR
this wednesday 13/11. So because of the time limit in this course we decided to
do an email interview instead.
Changes in the project.
As said earlier, we have worked much this week on what our solution is
going to be to our stated problem and to our dream scenario, which is that all
news will be interpreted with sign language and that there will be news that
are tailored to people with hearing impairments. What we presented on the
mid-crit last week was a solution of automatic interpretation of news to sign
language through an avatar. Through our brainstorming session we came up with a
solution involving glasses (think Google Glasses) that will show the avatar and
that will also involve acknowledgement of more senses like touch and smell. It
will also be possible to film and so incorporate crowdsourcing in news, which is
one aspect Rebekah talked about when we interviewed her. This makes it more
futuristic, crowdsourced, and tailored for deaf people.
Resources. At the moment we are looking for resources
regarding technology that is needed for our solution. Google glasses is an
inspiration for us and so we have looked at that.
We also want to work with senses such as vibrations and smells so we have
tried to gather information that could support such scenarios.
Looks like you have come a little further in your work now. To me, this sounds more innovative and the result might also become more futuristic and fun. If you have problems reaching Ulf Johansson, try with Johan Hartman at SVT, who has worked a lot with the issue of news and TV tailored for deaf and other minorities. You can reach him at johan.hartman@svt.se (Say hello from me!) Good luck!
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