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Evaluation of web applications to control intelligent homes with guidelines for elderly users

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Letícia Diniz Tsuchiya,

Raphael Winckler de Bettio,

André Pimenta FreireAuthors Info & Claims

IHC '17: Proceedings of the XVI Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Article No.: 60, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/3160504.3160573

Published: 23 October 2017 Publication History

Abstract

Population ageing is a worldwide phenomenon. Currently, few application designs are developed considering the accessibility for elderly users. Solutions known as "intelligent homes" have a significant potential to provide resources to help elderly users in their daily taks, improving their quality of life. This paper presents an evaluation and a comparison of two mobile web systems which control intelligent homes - one system which considered general-use accessibility guidelines for blind users and another with no evidence of observation of such guidelines. The results showed that both applications need improvements in order to be more accessible to elderly users, as they may have barriers for users with limitations linked to ageing, such as reduced cognitive, sensorial and physical abilities.

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This article presents a study concerning the evaluation of a smart home control system for elderly people with a sample of 10 users in a city in the interior of Brazil. The control system consisted of a prototype using a Web-based mobile ...

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IHC '17: Proceedings of the XVI Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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DOI:10.1145/3160504

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Alkhomsan MAlturayeif NAlwadei SBaslyman M(2023)UsAge guidelinesJournal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences10.1016/j.jksuci.2022.11.01135:1(202-218)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.jksuci.2022.11.011
De Carli LRay ISolovey E(2021)Vision: Stewardship of Smart Devices Security for the Aging PopulationProceedings of the 2021 European Symposium on Usable Security10.1145/3481357.3481523(236-241)Online publication date: 11-Dec-2021
https://doi.org/10.1145/3481357.3481523
Tsuchiya LBraga Lde Faria Oliveira Ode Bettio RGreghi JFreire A(2020)Design and evaluation of a mobile smart home interactive system with elderly users in BrazilPersonal and Ubiquitous Computing10.1007/s00779-020-01408-025:2(281-295)Online publication date: 9-Jun-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s00779-020-01408-0
Tsuchiya Lde Oliveira Gde Bettio RGreghi JFreire A(2018)A Study on the Needs of Older Adults for Interactive Smart Home Environments in BrazilProceedings of the 8th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion10.1145/3218585.3218592(33-40)Online publication date: 20-Jun-2018
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