A Website for Mexican Sign Language: A Usability Analysis

Mexican Sign Language (LSM) has facilitated communication between deaf and hearing individuals; however, studying this language can present challenges due to its visual format. While books exist that represent signs on paper, there is no better learning method than when the sign is recorded on video and the movement and joints can be seen in three dimensions. Online video repositories exist to search for signs or phrases; however, this information is disjointed or specialized sites on these topics have very few videos. In both cases, searching for signs and learning LSM becomes complicated. To address this situation, a Collaborative Web System is proposed that allows searching for sign videos based on text inputs. In this way, research supports people in establishing communication with deaf people. In addition, the site is collaborative since deaf and hearing people can collaborate by adding their knowledge about LSM. The experiment consisted of developing a usability and interface test. The results show that the system is considered to have adequate usability aspects, however, with other points for improvement. This proposal allows the development of a social application to facilitate the study and learning of Mexican Sign Language, as well as to transmit knowledge of this language, which favors LSM communication.