Abstract
This paper reports the results of a field experiment where a Near Field
Communication (NFC) enabled mobile phone was used as a user interface element
so as to enable home-dwelling elderly people to choose their meals to be
delivered by means of a home care service. The primary research focus was on
examining the suitability of a touch-based user interface in the everyday life
activities of elderly users. The eight-week experiment took place in the
autumn of 2006. The results show that the touch-based
user interface was easy to learn and adopt and the users were able to
successfully use it regardless of their physical or cognitive weaknesses.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services |
| Place of Publication | Singapore |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery ACM |
| Pages | 289-296 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-59593-862-6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI’07 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 9 Sept 2007 → 12 Sept 2007 |
Conference
| Conference | 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI’07 |
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| Abbreviated title | MobileHCI’07 |
| Country/Territory | Singapore |
| City | Singapore |
| Period | 9/09/07 → 12/09/07 |
Keywords
- Elderly users
- mobile computing
- Near Field Communication
- NFC
- Radio Frequency Identification
- RFID
- tag
- touch