Investigating the usability of PDAs with ageing users

S McCarthy; HM Sayers; P McKevitt

Investigating the usability of PDAs with ageing users

S McCarthy
, HM Sayers
, P McKevitt

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Abstract

Mobile technologies have the potential to enhance the lives of ageing users, especially those who experience a decline in cognitive abilities. However, diminutive devices often perplex the aged and many HCI problems exist. This research ultimately aims to develop a mobile reminiscent application for ageing users entitled Memory Lane. This application will use artificial intelligent techniques to compose and convey excerpts from a lifetime’s memories to the user in a multimodal storytelling format. The proposed deployment platform for MemoryLane is a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). The initial stage of this research, a HCI pilot study was recently conducted with a sample of ageing users, the study aimed to investigate the usability of a PDA. This paper documents the methodologies employed in this pilot study and its subsequent results. The next stages of the research are also identified and discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Unknown Host Publication
Editors	D Ramduny-Ellis, D Rachovides
Place of Publication	Swinton, England
Publisher	British Computer Society
Pages	67-70
Number of pages	4
Volume	2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-902505-95-4
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 3 Sept 2007
Event	Proc. of the 21st British Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Group Conference on People and Computers: HCI...but not as we know it (HCI 2007) - University of Lancaster, Lancaster, England Duration: 3 Sept 2007 → …

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Conference	Proc. of the 21st British Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Group Conference on People and Computers: HCI...but not as we know it (HCI 2007)
Period	3/09/07 → …

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Memory lane: an intelligent, multimodal, mobile reminiscence companion for older adults
McCarthy, S. (Author), Sayers, H. (Supervisor), Mc Kevitt, P. (Supervisor) & McTear, M. (Supervisor), Mar 2011
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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McCarthy, S, Sayers, HM & McKevitt, P 2007, Investigating the usability of PDAs with ageing users. in D Ramduny-Ellis & D Rachovides (eds), Unknown Host Publication. vol. 2, British Computer Society, Swinton, England, pp. 67-70, Proc. of the 21st British Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Group Conference on People and Computers: HCI...but not as we know it (HCI 2007), 3/09/07. <http://ewic.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/13385>

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Memory lane: an intelligent, multimodal, mobile reminiscence companion for older adults

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