Deafvoir: Recognizing Sign Language Through Game
Elisha Gracia Huang, Yudhistya Ayu Kusumawati, Elizabeth Paskahlia Gunawan · Procedia Computer Science · 2023
People with hearing impairments exist in our society, whether we realize it or not. It is not easy for them to communicate with us, the ones without hearing disabilities, and they often receive a lot of mistreatment. Since we don't learn about sign language and don't know where to start, our knowledge about sign language is also limited. This paper explains the making of Deafvoir—a visual novel game about sign language—as well as why it is developed and how it can help the deaf and us learn sign language. By conducting a survey and asking how familiar sign language is to some people and their response about Deafvoir, we can move forward to realize this sign language learning visual novel video game and make it local-based before going international. With this video game, it is hoped to make Indonesia's younger generation, especially Gen Z, understand and be able to use sign language whenever they encounter the deaf in real life.