The purpose of the article "User Centred Design and Literacy Tools for the Deaf" is to inform HCI researchers on guidelines that should be used when creating e-tools for the literacy of the deaf. The authors, Mascio and Gennari, are trying to capture the researchers' interests in order to persuade them to create more web tools for the deaf using the guidelines they outline. The guidelines are put in place in order to ease the entire process of creating new programs or fixing existing programs.
Mascio and Gennari are trying to convince researchers to design the e-tools with the user as their focus. The article evaluates each of the literacy tools for the deaf using the user centred design methodology (UCDM). They point out that out of the programs already created, only a few were created with a focus on the UCDM. There are many different types of users of literacy tools for the deaf, including the end user (the deaf person) and an intermediary (a close family member or friend). Because there are many different types of users, it is important to design the program with that person in mind.
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