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How screen size influences Chinese readability

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OzCHI '13: Proceedings of the 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Augmentation, Application, Innovation, Collaboration

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Mobile devices are becoming more and more important in our daily life, with larger and larger screens. It seems to be no doubt that the larger the screen, the better readability we can achieve. However, there is no sufficient research about how screen size affects readability. We aim at doing such a thorough study. In this paper, we conduct an experiment with twenty-four participants to investigate the relationship between screen size and the Chinese reading effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction. The results indicate that, although reading seems to be easier on larger screen, screen size has no definitely influences on reading effectiveness or efficiency, except that reading on larger screens are definitely easier. Moreover, mobility, price and usability of the mobile devices are the key issues that customers treasure most. Therefore, according to our experiment results, we conclude that screen size smaller than 7 inch for mobile phones and about 10.1 inches for Tabs are preferable for mobile users.

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Al-Sulaimi AAl-Shihi H(2017)The effects of reading mode (digital vs printed text) on reading comprehension: A literature review of the key assessment factors2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility (ICTA)10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336053(1-6)Online publication date: Dec-2017
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336053
Hsieh YKuo CLin H(2016)The Effect of Screen Size of Mobile Devices on Reading EfficiencyHuman Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design for Aging10.1007/978-3-319-39943-0_42(435-445)Online publication date: 21-Jun-2016
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39943-0_42

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How screen size influences Chinese readability
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods

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Al-Sulaimi AAl-Shihi H(2017)The effects of reading mode (digital vs printed text) on reading comprehension: A literature review of the key assessment factors2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility (ICTA)10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336053(1-6)Online publication date: Dec-2017
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336053
Hsieh YKuo CLin H(2016)The Effect of Screen Size of Mobile Devices on Reading EfficiencyHuman Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design for Aging10.1007/978-3-319-39943-0_42(435-445)Online publication date: 21-Jun-2016
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39943-0_42

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