Um estado da arte sobre aplicativos para ensino de línguas estrangeiras para deficientes visuais

Abstract

According to the result of the Brazilian population census, conducted in 2010, published by the Economic Research and Strategy Institute of Ceará (IPECE), Ceará ranks third in Brazil in the ranking of the number of people with some type of disability , with visual impairment being the most common. Software facilitates the interaction of people with disabilities with the world, technology and other resources, including foreign language learning. However, the amount of software to aid the teaching process for people with visual impairment is still scarce. Learning a foreign language is indispensable for training in the globalized social context, because learning a new language opens doors for personal, professional and cultural development. The proposal of this work is in the context of the Research Project: "DESLICE - Development of Software for the Teaching of Languages for the Blind of the State of CEará", developed at UFC campus in Russas, in partnership with the UFC campus in Benfica , Fortaleza. This paper aims to present a state of the art on applications for teaching foreign languages to the visually impaired. In this study, the case study was conducted with the participation of Fortaleza students. The methodology used followed these steps: (1) Analysis of existing technologies; (2) study of the target audience; and (3) recommendations for a system. To do so, the approaches used were: 1) Analysis of existing technologies; 2) Investigation of the context of use; 3) recommendations for the adoption of systems.