Elderly’s Barriers and Requirements for Interactive TV

Mai Baunstrup, Lars Bo Larsen

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Abstract

This paper presents a study to identify the problems and experiences that the elderly have using interactive TV (iTV) services. The study comprised an in-depth qualitative interview series backed up with a questionnaire survey; a list with the elderly’s interaction problems and the reasons for wanting or not wanting to use iTV services was developed. These findings in turn lead to the formulation of a set of user requirements. The paper presents the studies carried out and the resulting design recommendations for iTV services for the elderly. The recommendations also take cognitive and as physiological impairments into consideration. The recommendations propose on increased ease-of-use, transparency, colour schemes, familiarity and a reduced set of iTV services for the elderly. Ultimately, designers should aim at customizable interface profiles for future iTV devices and services to better accommodate the diversity of users and especially the elderly.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUniversal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. User and Context Diversity : 7th International Conference, UAHCI 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 21-26, 2013, Proceedings, Part II
EditorsConstantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona
Number of pages10
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSpringer Publishing Company
Publication date2013
EditionPart I
Pages13-22
ISBN (Print)978-3-642-39190-3
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-642-39191-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event7th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 21 Jul 201326 Jul 2013

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period21/07/201326/07/2013
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Volume8010
ISSN0302-9743

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