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Towards effective, efficient and elderly-friendly multimodal interaction

Published: 25 May 2011 Publication History

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In this paper we present the design and implementation of a multimodal interactive guidance system for the elderly for the use in hospital environments, which combined common design principles of conventional interactive interfaces and ageing specific characteristics. To evaluate the system we have conducted a pilot study with seven elderly persons. The experiment results are overall positive and therefore support our design decisions. On the other hand, they also reveal some context sensitive problems and advise further improvements.

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PETRA '11: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
May 2011
401 pages
ISBN:9781450307727
DOI:10.1145/2141622
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  • NSF: National Science Foundation
  • Foundation of the Hellenic World
  • ICS-FORTH: Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
  • U of Tex at Arlington: U of Tex at Arlington
  • UCG: University of Central Greece
  • Didaskaleio Konstantinos Karatheodoris, University of the Aegean
  • Fulbrigh, Greece: Fulbright Foundation, Greece
  • Ionian: Ionian University, GREECE

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  1. elderly interaction
  2. guidance system
  3. human computer interaction
  4. multimodal interaction
  5. user centered design

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