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- ArticleApril 2007
Striking a c[h]ord: vocal interaction in assistive technologies, games, and more
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2869–2872https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241098Vocal interaction research has primarily been focused on the use of systems for automatic speech recognition and synthesis. Whilst ASR has been successful in various domains, it can be impractical in some contexts of use such as in time-sensitive and ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Supporting non-professional users in the new media landscape
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2849–2852https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241093This workshop will discuss the implications of the new media landscape allowing non-professional users to co-produce and share media content in applications for (interactive) television, websites and mobile devices. This new media landscape represents ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Computer aided observations of complex mobile situations
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2507–2512https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241032Designing mobile and wearable applications is a challenge. The context of use is more important than ever and traditional methodologies for elicitation and specification reach their limits. This paper investigates the challenge of creating and ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Reality-based interaction: unifying the new generation of interaction styles
- Robert J. K. Jacob,
- Audrey Girouard,
- Leanne M. Hirshfield,
- Michael S. Horn,
- Orit Shaer,
- Erin Treacy Solovey,
- Jamie Zigelbaum
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2465–2470https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241025We are in the midst of an explosion of emerging human-computer interaction techniques that have redefined our understanding of both computers and interaction. We propose the notion of Reality-Based Interaction (RBI) as a unifying concept that ties ...
- ArticleApril 2007
The digital music box: using cultural and critical theory to inform design
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2297–2302https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1240997This work draws on studies which explore resistance to the music industry's construal of copying music files as theft. Following a previous ethnography on participants."Technology Scruples" it considers the issue as a design challenge rather than a ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Practical approaches to comforting users with relational agents
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2291–2296https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1240996Interactions in which computer agents comfort users through expressed empathy have been shown to be important in alleviating user frustration and increasing user liking of the agent, and may have important healthcare applications. Given the current ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Providing affective information to family and friends based on social networks
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2219–2224https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1240983We are developing a computer system which provides information about babies in neonatal intensive care to family members and friends. A key challenge is deciding what information should be given to each individual; we believe this can be based on social ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Towards a new method for the evaluation of reality based interaction
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2165–2170https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1240974In this paper we present work toward a new method of evaluation for Reality-Based Interaction Styles that we call Cognitive Description and Evaluation of Interaction (CoDeIn). This framework is similar to GOMS, but also shares similarities with ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Usability and free/libre/open source software SIG: HCI expertise and design rationale
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2097–2100https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1240957The usability of Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) is a new challenge for HCI professionals. Although HCI professionals are working on usability issues in FLOSS, the CHI community has not yet organized with respect to FLOSS. The purpose of this ...
- ArticleApril 2007
When two methods are better than one: combining user study with cognitive modeling
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 1783–1788https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1240900We discuss the benefits of combining user studies and cognitive modeling in the context of Firefox tabbed browsing. We studied new users' ability to use tabbed browsing without assistance, and then evaluated alternatives for closing browser tabs to ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Decision-making strategies in design meetings
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 1645–1648https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1240873This project aims to further our understanding of the practice of user-centered design (UCD) by observing the argumentation strategies used by designers in face-to-face meetings in the critical periods between usability research and prototype iteration. ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Ears ))): a methodological framework for auditory display design
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 1641–1644https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1240872In this paper we will present a methodological framework for the design of auditory displays called ears ))). It provides methods to create, maintain and apply design knowledge in the form of design patterns for experts and novices to effectively re-use ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Observation-based design methods for gestural user interfaces
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 1625–1628https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1240868The design of gestural user interfaces is uniquely challenging because the input is freeform, personal, and often carries subconscious meanings that are domain-specific and difficult to articulate. These features suggest an approach of observation-based ...