Evaluation of speak_ it application to identify usability heuristics loopholes with suggestions

Author

Ahmed, Saadia ; Arif, Fahim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Software Eng., Nat. Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Islamabad, Pakistan

fYear

2015

fDate

21-23 April 2015

Firstpage

162

Lastpage

173

Abstract

Our social setup believes in dealing with every community equally. This research work is conducted to offer a social responsibility to improve usability of android applications (apps) for deaf and dumb so that they can enjoy ordinary experience of communication through their android devices. One of such applications is “Speak_it”. “Speak_it” is an android app that helps a deaf and dumb user to communicate with normal people around him. It converts the typed text into voice message. Usability is evaluated through Heuristics Evaluation and suggestions are provided to overcome the loopholes.

Keywords

ergonomics; handicapped aids; mobile computing; smart phones; Android application usability; deaf user; dumb user; heuristics evaluation; social responsibility; speak_ it application; suggestion; Assistive technology; Gesture recognition; Smart phones; Sociology; Usability; Android applications; Deaf and Dumb; Heuristics Evaluation; Speak it; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing Technology and Information Management (ICCTIM), 2015 Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Johor

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6210-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCTIM.2015.7224612

Filename

7224612