Generalization of Tooltips Case studies with South African Sign Language video for Deaf users for the Mozilla Firefox Browser By: Saira Adams Supervisor : Prof William Tucker

Overview Tooltips Overview User Requirements Requirements Analysis Tools to be used Project Plan

What are Tooltips? A message that appears when user hovers over an icon with a cursor. Assists users in learning to use an application. Text-Based

The Problem Tooltips are text-based Tooltips are very small therefore visually impaired struggle to read them Deaf Users communicate in South African Sign Language. The Problem Tooltips are text-based

The Solution: Generalization of tooltips

South African Sign Language Video Tooltips (Main Focus)

For visually impaired & illiterate users Audio Based Tooltips : For visually impaired & illiterate users ( just an idea of generalization)

Why Mozilla Firefox Browser? Open Source Software Internet Browsing application( used daily by computer users) Will be beneficial for all browser apps in the future. Why Mozilla Firefox Browser?

Why Desktop & Not Mobile application? Tooltips do not work on Mobile applications. Targeted at Deaf users who are doing work, research and day to day internet browsing. Users are always using an internet browser application while on their desktop computers

User Requirements Desktop Computer Mozilla Firefox Browser Internet Connectivity

Requirements Analysis Tooltip Preference in Mozilla Firefox Browser is Selected Requirements Analysis User hovers over an icon SASL Tooltip will Play Tooltip disappears when the cursor is moved off the icon

Tools to be used

Project Plan for Term 2 Download Mozilla Firefox Source Code. Create Storyboard. Create Use Case Diagram Create Prototype Test prototype Term 2 presentation & final documentation

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