Interface development for a gaze-controlled reading support application

Author

Morey, Jim ; Gammack, John ; Thornquist, Erik S.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Technol. Innovation, Zayed Univ., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

fYear

2015

fDate

17-19 May 2015

Firstpage

214

Lastpage

217

Abstract

This paper describes development of an application to support the digital reading of academic texts by non-native speakers, in particular Emirati University students. Text interaction is unobtrusively controlled by gaze, tracked at word level, offering user-directed support and reporting data useful for reading assessment at individual and aggregate levels. After briefly outlining some specific reading difficulties we describe specific technical requirements and features, the application design process, and results from iterative evaluation of prototypes with target user representatives.

Keywords

educational institutions; gaze tracking; human computer interaction; iterative methods; text analysis; Emirati University students; academic texts; application design process; digital reading; gaze-controlled reading support application; interface development; iterative evaluation; nonnative speakers; text interaction; user representatives; user-directed support; Databases; HTML; Hardware; Mice; Software; Standards; UAE; eye-tracking; interface; reading;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Communication Technology Research (ICTRC), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Abu Dhabi

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTRC.2015.7156460

Filename

7156460