Hearing parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children often struggle to provide meaningful sign input while simultaneously learning a new language. This summary includes a series of interactive systems to support accessible and engaging communication for parent-child interaction. Building on the Tabletop Interactive Play System (TIPS), a real-time ASL communication technology, my prior work has examined users' perceptions of system usefulness and autonomy. An ongoing study investigates four ASL support strategies, ranging from manual sign lookup to sentence translation and real-time sign recommendations, to examine their effects on communication effectiveness and user engagement in parent-child interaction. Extending this foundation, this summary proposes a research direction that explores a personalized recommendation model that adapts sign suggestions based on user preference and interaction history. Additionally, I introduce RhymASL, an interactive system that leverages ASL phonological features to support rhyming ASL stories creation that foster playful parent-child interaction. Across these efforts, my research aims to advance the design of assistive communication technologies that are responsive to diverse communicative needs and support meaningful interaction.
Yifan Li (Thu,) studied this question.