Wrapping up LinguaBytes, for now

  • Authors:
  • Bart Hengeveld;Caroline Hummels;Hans van Balkom;Riny Voort;Jan de Moor

  • Affiliations:
  • Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Den Dolech, Eindhoven, The Netherlands;Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Den Dolech, Eindhoven, The Netherlands;Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

In this paper we present the final research prototype of LinguaBytes, a tangible interface aimed at stimulating the language development of non- or hardly speaking children between 1 and 4 years old. LinguaBytes was developed in a three-year Research through Design process in which five incremental prototypes were designed, built and evaluated in real-life settings. In this paper we present the original starting points of the project, describe our method and illustrate the resulting end-design using example scenarios of use. We give an overview of the most significant findings at the ten-month evaluation moment, after which we reflect on the original starting points and assess whether they hold up.