Experiencing Deaf Tech: A Deep Dive into the Concept of DeafWatch

In the era of ubiquitous information technologies shaping our everyday lives, the advancements of technologies ‘for the deaf’ have provided significant access for deaf users not only for participation in hearing-dominated environments but also within deaf communities. However, since these technologies have predominantly been developed through implicit hearing-centered design that puts deaf experiences second, they often require deaf users to adapt to them. This poster provokes the question: what would technologies look like if they centered on the experiences and desires of deaf people instead? By employing a case study from broader ongoing research on Deaf Tech, we investigate and discusse insights garnered from the concept of DeafWatch developed in one of the workshops. Through our analysis, we aim to tentatively move forward in providing different socio-technical narratives from a deaf-centered perspective.