Towards effective, efficient and elderly-friendly multimodal interaction

Jian, Cui; Sasse, Nadine; Steinbüchel-Rheinwall, Nicole von; Schafmeister, Frank; Shi, Hui; Rachuy, Carsten; Schmidt, Holger

doi:10.1145/2141622.2141675

by Cui Jian, Nadine Sasse, Nicole von Steinbüchel-Rheinwall, Frank Schafmeister, Hui Shi, Carsten Rachuy, Holger Schmidt

Abstract:

In this paper we present the design and implementation of a multimodal interactive guidance system for the elderly for the use in hospital environments, which combined common design principles of conventional interactive interfaces and ageing specific characteristics. To evaluate the system we have conducted a pilot study with seven elderly persons. The experiment results are overall positive and therefore support our design decisions. On the other hand, they also reveal some context sensitive problems and advise further improvements.

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Towards effective, efficient and elderly-friendly multimodal interaction (Cui Jian, Nadine Sasse, Nicole von Steinbüchel-Rheinwall, Frank Schafmeister, Hui Shi, Carsten Rachuy, Holger Schmidt), In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments - PETRA \textquotesingle11, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2011.

Bibtex Entry:

@InProceedings{Jian2011,
  author    = {Cui Jian and Nadine Sasse and Nicole von Steinbüchel-Rheinwall and Frank Schafmeister and Hui Shi and Carsten Rachuy and Holger Schmidt},
  title     = {Towards effective, efficient and elderly-friendly multimodal interaction},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on {PErvasive} Technologies Related to Assistive Environments - {PETRA} {\textquotesingle}11},
  year      = {2011},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery ({ACM})},
  abstract  = {In this paper we present the design and implementation of a multimodal interactive guidance system for the elderly for the use in hospital environments, which combined common design principles of conventional interactive interfaces and ageing specific characteristics. To evaluate the system we have conducted a pilot study with seven elderly persons. The experiment results are overall positive and therefore support our design decisions. On the other hand, they also reveal some context sensitive problems and advise further improvements.},
  doi       = {10.1145/2141622.2141675},
  url       = {10.1145/2141622.2141675">http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2141622.2141675},
}