The Effect of Multimodal Feedback Presented via a Touch Screen on the Performance of Older Adults

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Many IT devices - such as mobile phones and PDAs - have recently started to incorporate easy-to-use touch screens. There is an associated need for more effective user interfaces for touch screen devices that have a small screen area. One attempt to make such devices more effective and/or easy to use has come through the introduction of multimodal feedback from two or more sensory modalities. Multimodal feedback might provide even larger benefits to older adults who are often unfamiliar with r...

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Authors: Lee, J; Poliakoff, E; Spence, C

• Publication status: Published
• Host title: HAPTIC AND AUDIO INTERACTION DESIGN, PROCEEDINGS
• Volume: 5763
• Pages: 128-135
• Publication date: 2009-01-01
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04076-4_14
• EISSN: 1611-3349
• ISSN: 0302-9743
• ISBN: 9783642040757
• Keywords: Multimodal Feedback; Multimodal Interaction; Multimodal User Interface; Older Adults; Touch Screen