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This paper describes the first milestone and results of an ongoing project involving the implementation and pilot testing of an application aiming to promote cultural heritage and dissemination of information with the use of interactive small screen technology. The bespoke application was designed for deaf visitors to enable a museum experience without the support of a physical sign language interpreter. The application was pilot tested in the Pattichion Municipal Museum in Cyprus. Our findings showed high levels of user satisfaction and usefulness of the application in allowing deaf museum visitors to have an enjoyable tour, using their mobile devices as the only means of support.
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Authors acknowledge travel funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework through NOTRE project (H2020-TWINN-2015, GA Number: 692058).
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Constantinou, V., Loizides, F., Ioannou, A. (2016). A Personal Tour of Cultural Heritage for Deaf Museum Visitors. In: Ioannides, M., et al. Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10059. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48974-2_24
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