Title :
A usability testing on JFakih Learning Games for hearing impairment children
Author :
Hussain, Amir ; Mutalib, Norasyikin Abdul ; Zaino, Azida
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Univ. Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia
Abstract :
Usability testing is very important to determine how successful the delivered product is and how the products meet the user´s need. The testing will help the researchers to improve the design of the product itself. This study evaluates the usability and acceptance of mobile application named as JFakih Learning Game. jFakih is a learning game on the mobile phone specifically designed for hearing impaired (HI) children to learn Jawi based on the Fakih method hand sign. Ten HI children at the age between 9-15 years old from Akademik Fakih Kuala Lumpur have been selected to participate in this test. This study employed usability study approach which involved questionnaires, observation and interview based on nine acceptance test elements. We present the result based on the description of usability result, usability problem and improvement needed. The findings indicated that the JFakih application is attractive and usable for HI children. Howeve, little improvement still required to increase the enjoyment while playing the game.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer games; handicapped aids; human computer interaction; mobile computing; natural language processing; sign language recognition; user interfaces; Akademik Fakih Kuala Lumpur; Fakih method hand sign; Jawi; acceptance test elements; hearing impairment children; jFakih learning games; mobile application acceptance; mobile phone; usability evaluation; usability testing; Educational institutions; Games; Interviews; Mobile handsets; Testing; Usability; acceptance; evaluation; fakih method; jFakih; usability testing;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M), 2014 The 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuching
DOI :
10.1109/ICT4M.2014.7020629