TY - GEN
T1 - Developing tactile icons to support mobile users with situationally-induced impairments and disabilities
AU - Qian, Huimin
AU - Kuber, Ravi
AU - Sears, Andrew
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Although it is well known that interaction with a mobile device can be impacted when the environment is inhospitable or when the user is on the move, situationally-induced impairments and disabilities (SIIDs) are often overlooked in the mobile interface design process. In this paper, we describe one step toward supporting mobile users with SIIDs, through the design of tactile notifications. The tactile channel offers considerable promise to convey notifications to the user, freeing their visual and auditory channels for other tasks. A study was conducted to determine whether participants could develop tactile cues to convey the key characteristics of alerts to mobile users (e.g. urgency, relationship with the sender). The results highlight the benefits of tactile prototyping tools to encourage generation of design ideas, and the use of scenarios to situate these design ideas within the intended context of use.
AB - Although it is well known that interaction with a mobile device can be impacted when the environment is inhospitable or when the user is on the move, situationally-induced impairments and disabilities (SIIDs) are often overlooked in the mobile interface design process. In this paper, we describe one step toward supporting mobile users with SIIDs, through the design of tactile notifications. The tactile channel offers considerable promise to convey notifications to the user, freeing their visual and auditory channels for other tasks. A study was conducted to determine whether participants could develop tactile cues to convey the key characteristics of alerts to mobile users (e.g. urgency, relationship with the sender). The results highlight the benefits of tactile prototyping tools to encourage generation of design ideas, and the use of scenarios to situate these design ideas within the intended context of use.
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U2 - 10.1145/2513383.2513387
DO - 10.1145/2513383.2513387
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84887478316
SN - 9781450324052
T3 - Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2013
BT - Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2013
T2 - 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2013
Y2 - 21 October 2013 through 23 October 2013
ER -