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Blog Category: KCAI

Process Book Layout

By Erika Goering, 30th January 2013

Senior Degree Project Process Book Layout by Erika Goering

A note about my decisions:

I’m using bright, cheerful colors to convey a lively, energetic, positive feel. I don’t want Deaf/hearing language obstacles to be melancholy or drab. The upbeat colors also give it a friendly feel, like a nice chat with friends.

My two very different typefaces represent the two languages, English and ASL, playing off of each other in a complementary way.

The grid has 9 columns, to force a type of balance and dynamism that takes careful consideration, just like when translating between languages.

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Revised Degree Project Question

By Erika Goering, 28th January 2013

Before the break, I settled on a project question:

How can a handheld/portable device assist the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community in better communicating with and understanding hearing people, and thus supplementing or reducing the need for hearing aids or interpreters?

Kinda wordy, right? Well, I’ve since refined it a bit and made it more digestible:

How can a portable tool be used to transcend language barriers between hearing and non-hearing people?

This refinement makes the project a bit more open, so that it doesn’t necessarily have to rely on a mobile app, and it’s not limited to just being a caption machine (I don’t necessarily want to create something that “hears” for a person). It can now work both ways; Deaf-to-hearing and hearing-to-Deaf. The focus is no longer only on the Deaf side; it’s in the flow and meaning of conversation itself, so that everyone understands what is being said (or signed).

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Behoof

By Erika Goering, 30th November 2012

iPad – Community

tap on header

tap on the map

drag the options tab down

fill out criteria and tap the search icon

tap the top broccoli icon

tap the RSVP Now link

read comments and info

iPad – News

tap the image

tap the article about animal shelters

after reading drag the sidebar over

tap a username to start a conversation

drag the sidebar back to the left

continue conversation

iPhone – Before You Go

tap the advanced search icon

fill out search critera

tap search button

tap Blue Nile Cafe

tap menu button

view menu

iPhone – Second Look

tap on the screen

scan product with iPhone camera

tap confirm

read company info and scroll down

fill out feedback and tap save

view alternatives

Website – Ordering Food Online

click Mud Pie

click gray items to see details. add items to cart. view cart

review order confirmation

Website – Dashboard

user dashboard section

click and drag the sidebar’s tab

click on analysis

view your behoof info and scroll down

view your behoof activity compared to other users

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Rosedale Middle School Cafeteria Re-Design

By Erika Goering, 26th November 2012

Rosedale Middle School Lunchroom Redesign

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Rosedale Volunteering

By Erika Goering, 25th November 2012

Our volunteer work for Rosedale was to photograph interesting places around the neighborhood so they can be used for the Rosedale newsletter.

Armed with my awesome little point-and-shoot (which has the guts of an SLR, and shoots RAW files), we drove around aimlessly for an hour, stopping at a few cool places to shoot some photos. (My favorite of which being the Boulevard Drive-In, which has a really badass sign out front.)

Since the photos will be used for a grayscale newsletter, we went ahead and converted them from color to black and white, adjusting for better contrast and midtones for printing.

Overall, it was a good opportunity to discover (and re-discover) parts of Rosedale that we hadn’t seen before. I’ve lived in Kansas City my whole life, and there are still parts of it that I didn’t know existed. Rosedale has a rich history and a unique character that became evident in our photo safari.

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Degree Project Question

By Erika Goering, 5th November 2012

How can a handheld/portable device assist the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community in better communicating with and understanding hearing people, and thus supplementing or reducing the need for hearing aids or interpreters?

ASL and English are two different languages. How can I bridge that gap visually, through a user experience? That line of thinking alone excites the designer in me. This is gonna be awesome.

Also, a little relevant find & share: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjln9OMOw-0

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