Chap-10 Universal design Human Computer Interaction 3rd Edition by Dix Finlay Abowd Beale.pptVIP

chapter 10 universal design universal design principles - NCSW equitable use flexibility in use simple and intuitive to use perceptible information tolerance for error low physical effort size and space for approach and use Multi-Sensory Systems More than one sensory channel in interaction e.g. sounds, text, hypertext, animation, video, gestures, vision Used in a range of applications: particularly good for users with special needs, and virtual reality ?Will cover general terminology speech non-speech sounds handwriting considering applications as well as principles Usable Senses The 5 senses sight, sound, touch, taste and smell are used by us every day each is important on its own together, they provide a fuller interaction with the natural world Computers rarely offer such a rich interaction Can we use all the available senses? ideally, yes practically – no We can use ? sight ? sound ? touch sometimes We cannot yet use ? taste ? smell Multi-modal vs. Multi-media Multi-modal systems use more than one sense or mode of interaction e.g. visual and aural senses: a text processor may speak the words as well as echoing them to the screen Multi-media systems use a number of different media to communicate information e.g. a computer-based teaching system:may use video, animation, text and still images: different media all using the visual mode of interaction; may also use sounds, both speech and non-speech: two more media, now using a different mode Speech Human beings have a great and natural mastery of speech makes it difficult to appreciate the complexities but it’s an easy medium for communication Structure of Speech phonemes 40 of them basic atomic units sound slightly different depending on the context they are in, these larger units are … allophones all the sounds in the language between 120 and 130 of them these are formed into … morphemes smallest unit of language that has meaning. Speech cont’d Other terminology: ? prosody alteratio