Co-modal browser-an interface for wearable computers

Author

Farringdon, Jonny ; Oni, Vanessa ; Kan, Chi Ming ; Poll, Leo

Author_Institution

Software Eng. & Appl. Group, Philips Res. Labs., Redhill, UK

fYear

1999

fDate

18-19 Oct. 1999

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

51

Abstract

Describes user tests on a co-modal browser, a general interface for wearable devices that can communicate through a browser. The co-modal browser is a Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML) browser with fully integrated visual display, synthetic speech, voice command, short sounds and buttons. The browser was tested for hands-free, eyes-free, and hands-and-eyes-free use. Usability test results are presented that should be of use to wearable computer researchers concerned with hands-and-eyes-free use. The co-modal concept is demonstrated as being viable on an HDML browser.

Keywords

human factors; microcomputer applications; online front-ends; page description languages; peripheral interfaces; portable computers; speech-based user interfaces; HDML browser; Handheld Device Markup Language; Wireless Application Protocol; buttons; co-modal browser; eyes-free use; hands-free use; integrated visual display; multimodal interface; short sounds; synthetic speech; usability tests; user tests; voice command; wearable computers; wearable device interface; Application software; Displays; Eyes; HTML; Laboratories; Speech; Testing; Usability; Wearable computers; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wearable Computers, 1999. Digest of Papers. The Third International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0428-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWC.1999.806644

Filename

806644