Adoption of VIDEOoverIP by deaf people in the workplace
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posted on 2008-01-01, 00:00authored byPhilip. Harper
This study explored deaf employees' adoption of videocommunication-via-the Internet, allowing sign language use between deaf people, and between deaf and hearing people via Video Relay Interpreting service. Major findings included a paradigm shift from text to video communication; and, a divergence from typical adoption theory, with government intervention required to prime the adoption of videocommunication by deaf people in Australia.