• DocumentCode
    675689
  • Title

    Touch screen with audio feedback: Content analysis and the effect of spatial ability on blind people´s sense of position of web pages

  • Author

    Abidin, Ahmad Hisham Zainal ; Hong Xie ; Kok Wai Wong

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Multimedia Technol. & Commun., Univ. Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    27-28 Nov. 2013
  • Firstpage
    548
  • Lastpage
    553
  • Abstract
    This article presents findings from a Content Analysis of verbal and audio protocol of Mental Model study. When using touch screen display with audio feedback, it was found that the users´ mental model is in one dimensional as using screen-reader program. Previous experience using screen-reader program may affected the users´ experience using a touch screen with audio feedback. In addition, investigation of blind users´ spatial ability on users´ performance was also conducted. This study revealed that there was a significant interaction effect between the user´s spatial ability and the time taken to answer a question using touch display with audio feedback.
  • Keywords
    Internet; handicapped aids; touch sensitive screens; user interfaces; Web pages position; audio feedback; audio protocol; blind people; content analysis; mental model study; screen-reader program; spatial ability; touch screen display; user experience; user mental model; verbal protocol; Cognitive science; Layout; Navigation; Protocols; Tablet computers; Technological innovation; Web pages; Non-visual navigation; Two Dimensional Mental Model; Web Accessibility;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Research and Innovation in Information Systems (ICRIIS), 2013 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kuala Lumpur
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2486-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICRIIS.2013.6716768
  • Filename
    6716768