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Usability Evaluation of Acoustic-Oriented Services on Mouse Manipulation: Can Manipulation with Dual Senses Be Good?

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This study explored a dual-sensory user interface design that met the requirements of elderly people with low vision in mouse manipulation. The study showed significant efficiencies in integration of dual senses assisting the difficulties of the unimodal input, specifically the hearing input. The results demonstrate a new conceptualization of integration that is more than just the combination of ability to move with sight, hear, and integrate. The study focused on assessing the implications of difficult unimodal inputs on mouse manipulation as the physiologies of elderly participants are degenerating. The Acoustic Assistance on Cursor Navigation design works with an aural assistance environment to allow the elderly people to select either the appropriate functions of Talking Aid or Cursor Positioning to recognize what objects they are pointing at and to navigate where the mouse cursor they are moving within the computer windows. An advanced level of GPS-like loudspeaker in the computer windows environment, the Acoustic Assistance on Cursor Navigation design can help guide the elderly people with low vision by hearing sensory information to facilitate identifying and navigating where they are in the computer world.

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    Kuan-Ching Li

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Chu, C.N. (2016). Usability Evaluation of Acoustic-Oriented Services on Mouse Manipulation: Can Manipulation with Dual Senses Be Good?. In: Hung, J., Yen, N., Li, KC. (eds) Frontier Computing. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 375. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0539-8_98

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