Mobile touchscreen user interfaces: bridging the gap between motor-impaired and able-bodied users

Nicolau, Hugo; Guerreiro, Tiago; Jorge, Joaquim; Gonçalves, Daniel

doi:10.1007/s10209-013-0320-5

Cited by 24 publications

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“…For those with this type of limitation, touch screens with small buttons or buttons that are too close together yield high error rates [34,71]. Other conditions that limit dexterity may render using a mouse or a key pad impossible (Damodaran et al, 2014), but manifestations of such diseases are heterogeneous and do not universally hinder older adults' abilities [58].…”

Section: Personal Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Directional gesturing (e.g., using fine motor coordination to adjust a slide ruler) is more difficult for motor-impaired individuals [71], while "tapping" (e.g., one touch) and "crossing" (e.g., "slide to open") are more easily accomplished. In addition, requiring multitapping for navigation is also problematic for older adults compared to younger cohorts [82].…”

Section: Technical Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Font on touch screens at least 17 mm [71] No required directional gesturing [71] No task requiring click and drag [70] Allowing for slower response times from a user [70] …”

Section: Feature Accommodating Motor Impairmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Larger display [82] Large icons, 50% larger than standard [82,95] Font size no smaller than 12 mm [70,82] Buttons no smaller than 12 mm [70,82] Elimination of small web page changes [71] Elimination of "elaborated text" such as italics or bold [33] Colors-reds, oranges, and pinks, rather than cool colors [70] Negative polarity (light text on dark background) […”

Section: Feature Accommodating Visual Impairmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Older adults and mobile technology: Factors that enhance and inhibit utilization in the context of behavioral health

Kuerbis¹,

Mulliken²,

Muench³

et al. 2017

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While numbers and proportions of older adults with behavioral health issues are expected to substantially increase, there is also a widening gap in available services for older adults. Mobile health interventions (mhealth) are a way to address existing barriers to treatment, provide frontline assessment and increase access to services for older adults. Due to perpetuated stereotypes, many assume that older adults do not utilize mobile technology nor will they accept a mHealth intervention. The purpose of this paper is to synthesize contemporary literature from information technology and healthcare regarding: (1) current mobile technology utilization by older adults, particularly in regards to health; (2) factors affecting older adult motivation to engage with mobile technology; and (3) older adult preferences for interacting with mobile technology. Findings reveal that significant proportions of older adults: already utilize mobile technology; are willing to engage in existing mobile interventions for health reasons; and have positive attitudes overall towards mobile technology. Finally, recommendations for optimizing mobile interventions to better suit older adults with behavioral health problems are reviewed.

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Section: Personal Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Technical Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Font on touch screens at least 17 mm [71] No required directional gesturing [71] No task requiring click and drag [70] Allowing for slower response times from a user [70] …”

Section: Feature Accommodating Motor Impairmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Feature Accommodating Visual Impairmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Older adults and mobile technology: Factors that enhance and inhibit utilization in the context of behavioral health

Kuerbis¹,

Mulliken²,

Muench³

et al. 2017

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“…For example, they find the icons are too small or they are not given adequate feedback from their actions. Physical buttons are frequently substituted by gestures (such as 'swipe', 'double tap' and 'pinch'), which can be difficult for people with certain types of disability (Guerreiro et al, 2010;Nicolau et al, 2014;Trewin et al, 2013).…”

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Adapting the Web for People With Upper Body Motor Impairments Using Touch Screen Tablets

Valencia

Pérez

Arrue

et al. 2017

Interacting With Computers

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People with disabilities frequently use the Internet to perform a variety of common activities; however, they may often encounter aggravated accessibility barriers when using mobile devices to access the Web. In order to alleviate the problems faced by this group when using mobile devices, we have extended a previously developed transcoding-based system that adapts nonaccessible web pages to the needs of specific users in order to enhance their accessibility. In this version, we included new adaptation techniques gathered from the literature in order to apply transcoding techniques to mobile devices. The enhanced system was evaluated with eight users with reduced mobility using tablets. The exploratory study suggests that alternative interaction methods such as the ones named 'end tap' and 'steady tap' are beneficial for some participants with reduced mobility, dexterity or strength in the upper limbs. Other results show that six of the eight users preferred the adapted version with enlarged interaction elements which required less physical effort, even if this adaptation increases the size of the page with the disadvantages associated with such a change. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS• Introduction and evaluation of a web transcoding system that adapts web pages for people with motor impairments who use touch screen devices.• Tagging the target websites with an extension of the WAI-ARIA mark-up language enabling web transcoding.• From the evaluation, transcoded pages were revealed to be the preferred option for most of the participants, as they require less physical effort.• Participants were classified in function of the type and size of finger movement for target selection on touch screen devices, in order to evaluate the performance of diverse alternative interaction methods or gestures.• Alternative interaction methods were tested by motor impaired users: 'end tap' and 'steady tap' proved to be helpful for people with less finger movement control.

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Mobile Web

Guerreiro¹,

Carriço²,

Rodrigues³

2019

Human–Computer Interaction Series

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Mobile touchscreen user interfaces: bridging the gap between motor-impaired and able-bodied users

Cited by 24 publications

References 15 publications

Older adults and mobile technology: Factors that enhance and inhibit utilization in the context of behavioral health

Older adults and mobile technology: Factors that enhance and inhibit utilization in the context of behavioral health

Adapting the Web for People With Upper Body Motor Impairments Using Touch Screen Tablets

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