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Evaluation of some user interfaces for elderly persons

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We have already proposed a new concept of “universal multimedia access” intended to narrow the digital divide by providing appropriate multimedia expressions according to users’ (mental and physical) abilities, computer facilities, and network environments. Previous work has evaluated some types of multimedia user interfaces only for younger persons who can utilize keyword search functions. In this paper, we describe several multimedia contents particularly for elderly persons’ aid and evaluate them based on a questionnaire survey.

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  1. Hisamitu Paint Store Corp., Fukuoka, Japan

    Shinichi Inenaga

  2. Fukuoka Institute of Technology, 3-30-1, Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 811-0295, Japan

    Kaoru Sugita & Masao Yokota

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  1. Shinichi Inenaga
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Correspondence to Kaoru Sugita.

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Inenaga, S., Sugita, K. & Yokota, M. Evaluation of some user interfaces for elderly persons. Artif Life Robotics 17, 457–462 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-012-0081-x

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