Efficiency of speech recognition for using interface design environments by novel designers

  • Authors:
  • Mohammad M. Alsuraihi;Dimitris I. Rigas

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computing, University of Bradford, Bradford, England;Department of Computing, University of Bradford, Bradford, England

  • Venue:
  • AIC'07 Proceedings of the 7th Conference on 7th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Informatics and Communications - Volume 7
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Previous studies on usability of graphical design-widgets, like menus and buttons, proposed the use of speech and non-speech (earcons and auditory icons) for solving their usability problems. In this paper we investigate speech as an input metaphor to enhance learnability, or the ability to use a system with no prior knowledge, in order to design interfaces using a multimodal interface design toolkit called MMID. Using this toolkit as an experimental platform, the paper presents an empirical multi-group study that compares efficiency of visual-only and multimodal interaction metaphors when used by novel users.