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User experience of speech controlled media center for physically disabled users

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Juha-Pekka Rajaniemi,

Aleksi Melto,

Tuuli LaivoAuthors Info & Claims

MindTrek '09: Proceedings of the 13th International MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1621841.1621843

Published: 30 September 2009 Publication History

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In this paper, we present results from a long-term user pilot study of speech controlled media center. The pilot users in this case were physically disabled and the system was installed in their apartment for six weeks. We designed a multimodal media center interface based on speech. Full speech control is provided with a hands-free speech recognition input method for people with physical disabilities. In addition, the application includes a zoomable context + focus GUI in tight combination with speech output. The resulting interface was designed following human-centered principles. Finally, the results of user experience studies are presented.

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User experience of speech controlled media center for physically disabled users
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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MindTrek '09: Proceedings of the 13th International MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era

September 2009

254 pages

ISBN:9781605586335

DOI:10.1145/1621841

Conference Chairs:
Artur Lugmayr
Tampere University of Technology, Finland
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Heljä Franssila
University of Tampere, Finland
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Olli Sotamaa
University of Tampere, Finland
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Pertti Näränen
Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland
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Jukka Vanhala
Tampere University of Technology, Finland
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Editors:
Artur Lugmayr,
Heljä Franssila,
Olli Sotamaa,
Pertti Näränen,
Jukka Vanhala

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Kirschthaler PPorcheron MFischer JTorres MSchlögl SClark LPorcheron M(2020)What Can I Say?Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Conversational User Interfaces10.1145/3405755.3406119(1-9)Online publication date: 22-Jul-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3405755.3406119
Kocaballi ALaranjo LCoiera E(2018)Measuring user experience in conversational interfacesProceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.21(1-12)Online publication date: 4-Jul-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.21
Corbett EWeber APaternò FVäänänen KChurch KHäkkilä JKrüger ASerrano M(2016)What can I say?Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services10.1145/2935334.2935386(72-82)Online publication date: 6-Sep-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2935334.2935386

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