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The design and field evaluation of PhotoTalk: a digital image communication application for people

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Joanna McGrenere,

Barbara PurvesAuthors Info & Claims

Assets '07: Proceedings of the 9th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility

Pages 187 - 194

https://doi.org/10.1145/1296843.1296876

Published: 15 October 2007 Publication History

Abstract

Talk is an application for a mobile device that allows people with aphasia to capture and manage digital photographs to support face-to-face communication. Unlike any other augmentative and alternative communication device for people with aphasia, PhotoTalk focuses solely on image capture and organization and is designed to be used independently. Our project used a streamlined process with 3 phases: (1) a rapid participatory design and development phase with two speech-language pathologists acting as representative users, (2) an informal usability study with 5 aphasic participants, which caught usability problems and provided preliminary feedback on the usefulness of PhotoTalk, and (3) a 1 month field evaluation with 2 aphasic participants, which showed that both used it regularly and fairly independently, although not always for its intended communicative purpose. Our field study demonstrated PhotoTalk's promise in terms of its usability and usefulness in real life situations.

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The design and field evaluation of PhotoTalk: a digital image communication application for people
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
    2. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Interface design prototyping
      2. User centered design
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Assistive technologies
  2. User characteristics
    1. People with disabilities

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