AR set to Enhance classroom experience of Deaf Students

Scientists from the Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Lisbon  have conducted a research based on augmented reality that helps the deaf and hard hearing students.

DFF students have to constantly switch between several visual sources to gather all necessary information during a classroom lecture (e.g., instructor, slides, sign language interpreter or captioning). Hence they are unable to get full access to lecture information.

The Experiment:

Scientists decided to give DHH students Google smart glasses so that when the students are looking at the slides during  the lecture, automatically captions or American Sign Language gets projected on the glasses. These Projections removes the need to constantly switch between several visual sources to gather all necessary information, Hence the students don´t miss out on parts of lecture. It was also noted that now students were able to take notes during the lecture.

One of the participants when asked for a feedback said “Yes, it is helpful because I liked that I could see the interpreter sign and look at the PowerPoint. If I need to take notes myself, then it is easier.”

Problems:

However students raised the concern about the design of glasses and its comfort. There is a need to still improve the glasses in various parameters to make it more helpful for the DHH students.

Result:

The smart glasses have proven to enhance learning experience of DHH students and in future with its improvement the students will be able to learn as efficiently as the hearing students.

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