Abstract-Recent years have witnessed major advances in technologies to support children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). A number of applications have impacted their daily lives, with the goal of enhancing their abilities to understand, interact and communicate with others. The usability of mobile applications developed for people with ASD is important because this group is usually lacking in experience and familiarity with many aspects of new technologies. This paper focuses on comparing the usability of two Arabic mobile applications available in the Apple Store (iPad). Usability of these applications is analyzed using eye tracking and Morae ® . Measurement tools are used to collect qualitative and quantitative data and determine the participants' satisfaction with products. At the end, we presented proposed recommendation for optimal design based on the result of this study. I. INTRODUCTIONAutism is known as a complex developmental disability. People with autism have issues with verbal communication, a limited range of social interactions, and activities that include an element of play and/or banter [1]. ASD stands for Autism Spectrum Disorder, a set of situations that affect the daily functions of people's lives [2]. They include impairments in social interaction, communication, repeated behavior, interests, and activities [3]. The Autism Society of America defines autism as a -complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first 3 years of life and is the result of a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain, impacting development in the areas of social interaction and communication skills‖ [4].With increasing numbers of children, being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) [5], a variety of mobile applications have been developed to enhance social skills for children with ASD. Our research has concentrated on studying the usability of two Arabic mobile applications designed to enhance the social skills of children with ASD.The use of the multi touch tablet, such as the iPad, is increasing at an exponential rate [6]. This is likely due to the cost effectiveness and market penetration of the iPad device The authors are with King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (e-mail: lalwakeel@ut.edu.sa, amjad.alghanim@gmail.com, salzeer@su.edu.sa, kalnafjan@ksu.edu.sa).[6]. In addition, mobile applications are socially accepted and simple to use and hold for children with ASD. Mobile applications are software applications, usually designed to run on smartphones and tablet devices [7]. Mobile applications are available through distribution platforms, which are typically operated by the owner of the mobile operating system, such as the Apple App Store, Android Market, and BlackBerry App World. Some applications are free, while others require payment. Usually they are downloaded from the platform to a target device such as an iPad, BlackBerry, or Android phone [8].Today, there are a large number of new mobile applications but many of them are difficult ...
Usability now appears to be a highly important attribute for software quality; it is a critical factor that needs to be considered by every software-development organization when developing software to improve customer satisfaction and increase competition in the market. There exists a lack of a reference model or framework for small-sized software-development organizations to indicate which usability practices should be implemented, and where in the system-development life cycle they need to be considered. We offer developers who have the objective of integrating usability practices into their development life cycle a framework that characterizes 10 selected user-centered design (UCD) methods in relation to five relevant criteria based on some ISO factors that have an effect on the selection of methods (ISO/TR16982). The selection of the methods for inclusion in the framework responds to these organizations' needs
The aim of this paper is to conduct a study on the Saudi culture to extract Saudi users' preferences on Arabic website usability. Its purpose is to determine the most important issues that should be considered when designing for the Saudi culture. The data collection instrument consist of an online questionnaire for Saudi Internet users'. The main outcome of this study is that Saudi users agree on the importance of website usability issues such as adherence to local language, culture, and religious beliefs, in addition to consistency in navigation scheme, messages, and text format. The results of this study highlight the need to consider the cultural preferences of the target audience for successful local websites or applications.
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