Increasing the accessibility of pen-based interaction for older adults

Опубликовано 17 августа 2016, 21:22

Older adults form one of the fastest growing demographics of computer users. Pen-based interfaces are an appealing platform for this group, but despite a multitude of advantages, many older adults find accurate pen interaction challenging. In this talk, I will present research to improve pen-based interaction for older adults. I will begin with an empirical evaluation of pen-based target acquisition, in which I identified sources of pen-based target acquisition difficulty and demonstrated how these difficulties vary across task situation and age. I will then present an investigation, which builds on the findings from the first and shows that combining techniques designed for younger users and the mouse substantially reduced the two most common types of pen-based error over a range of task contexts.