Breves apontamentos sobre um repositório digital bilíngue (Português-Libras): o caso do repositório digital Huet

Abstract

Considering that we are currently inserted in a context, in which the internet appears as one of the fundamental pieces for the access to information, it is observed the case of the repositories as spaces in which users with diverse characteristics can access contentes of their interests, in a systematized way. One of these users is the deaf, who will be considered in this investigation as study characters belonging to a linguistic minority. Therefore, it aims to show how a digital information environment can be designed to reach the deaf people. For reaching this goal, a case study over the Huet Digital Repository was carried out, following a bibliographic and descriptive approach to understand the operation and structure of this environment, as well as theoretical issues related to it, such as the deaf people and digital repositories. Thus, it can be observed that the Huet repository is relevant for the analysis of the digital accessibility of the deaf people, although some changes and revisions in their structure may be in progress, due to their short time of implantation, mainly, concerning the bilingual view, the environment architecture and the conditions of access and use with an inclusive digital character. The results point out that the functioning of this repository goes far beyond just including the deaf through their sensorial and linguistic aspects in digital environments, but above all, they allow autonomy and pleasant experiences to reach the content that is aimed and/or needed by this audience.