Optimization of the Mobile-Type Remote Captioning System for Deaf or Hard-of-hearing Students

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23501094
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Tsukuba University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: MIYOSHI Shigeki 筑波技術大学, 障害者高等教育研究支援センター, 准教授 (80310192)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KAWANO Sumihiro 筑波技術大学, 産業技術学部, 准教授 (90352567) ; SHIRASAWA Mayumi 筑波技術大学, 障害者高等教育研究支援センター, 准教授 (00389719)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: モバイル型遠隔情報保障システム / T-TAC Caption / リアルタイム / 聴覚障害 / 情報保障 / 遠隔情報保障

Outline of Final Research Achievements

People who are deaf or hard of hearing may need to use support services, such as text messaging to access information, but this depends on the condition of their hearing. However, providing captioning services to deaf or hard-of-hearing people may be difficult in a case where such people need to access information from captionists when traveling. Therefore, we proposed, built, and operated the “Mobile-Type Remote Captioning System” to solve such problems. The need for methods of expression, for use by deaf or hard-of-hearing students in communication with instructors, when using this system were investigated in our study. Results indicated that almost 60% of the students wished to use their own speech as a method of expression. In contrast, the remaining students relied on other methods, for which technical support was required.

Free Research Field

情報保障工学