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Swedish Sign Language Resources from a User's Perspective

Mesch, Johanna | Björkstrand, Thomas | Balkstam, Eira | Hansson, Patrick | Riemer Kankkonen, Nikolaus

Volume:: Proceedings of the LREC-COLING 2024 11th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Evaluation of Sign Language Resources
Venue:: Torino, Italy
Date:: 25 May 2024
Pages:: 54–61
Publisher:: ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA) and the International Committee on Computational Linguistics (ICCL)
License:: CC BY-NC 4.0
sign-lang ID:: 24007
ACL ID:: 2024.signlang-1.28
ISBN:: 978-2-493814-30-2

Abstract

The Swedish Sign Language Dictionary [Svenskt teckenspråkslexikon] is one of the most visited websites at Stockholm University, with four million visits each year. The dictionary is an easy-to-use resource for the community, families, relatives, students, educators, researchers and other stakeholders that can be accessed through the website, app, and mobile platforms. STS-korpus is an online interface for the Swedish Sign Language Corpus that is linked to the STS Dictionary, enhancing its utility. Other applications, like TSP Quiz and the STS transcription tool, will also be evaluated. In January 2024, we conducted a survey to explore how users utilise Swedish sign language resources in their everyday lives, studies and work, regardless of hearing status and sign language skills. The purpose is to evaluate these resources from a user's perspective, including aspects such as user-friendliness, relevance, comprehensibility and effectiveness in aiding language learning or communication.

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@inproceedings{mesch:24007:sign-lang:lrec,
  author    = {Mesch, Johanna and Bj{\"o}rkstrand, Thomas and Balkstam, Eira and Hansson, Patrick and Riemer Kankkonen, Nikolaus},
  title     = {{Swedish} {Sign} {Language} Resources from a User's Perspective},
  pages     = {54--61},
  editor    = {Efthimiou, Eleni and Fotinea, Stavroula-Evita and Hanke, Thomas and Hochgesang, Julie A. and Mesch, Johanna and Schulder, Marc},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the {LREC-COLING} 2024 11th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Evaluation of Sign Language Resources},
  maintitle = {2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation ({LREC-COLING} 2024)},
  publisher = {{ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA) and the International Committee on Computational Linguistics (ICCL)}},
  address   = {Torino, Italy},
  day       = {25},
  month     = may,
  year      = {2024},
  isbn      = {978-2-493814-30-2},
  language  = {english},
  url       = {https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/lrec/pub/24007.pdf}
}

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