Computers and other interactive technologies for the home
Communications of the ACM
At Home with Ubiquitous Computing: Seven Challenges
UbiComp '01 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Ubiquitous Computing
AutoHAN: An Architecture for Programming the Home
HCC '01 Proceedings of the IEEE 2001 Symposia on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments (HCC'01)
Cognitive Aging and Human Computer Interface Design
OZCHI '98 Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Computer Human Interaction
User centred design: how to design accessible products
EUPA'02 Proceedings of the 1st European UPA conference on European usability professionals association conference - Volume 3
Tangible multimodal interfaces for safety-critical applications
Communications of the ACM - Multimodal interfaces that flex, adapt, and persist
CAMILE: Controlling AmI Lights Easily
Proceedings of the 1st international conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
Control smart homes easily with simple touch
Ubi-MUI '11 Proceedings of the 2011 international ACM workshop on Ubiquitous meta user interfaces
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The elderly population in the world is increasing rapidly and consequently so is demand for new technologies that allow them to live independently. Facilitating the control of household appliances and the home environment through various devices that encompass multimodal and ambient interfaces seems a way to achieve this. We tested three modalities of output - audio, visual and multimodal - using two different devices - palmtop and laptop - as realistic prototypes of household appliance controllers. Through experimental design the applicability of using icons and musical earcons as a medium to transmit information to the user and its suitability to the home was investigated. Results showed participants performed markedly better using the multimodal and visual interfaces than with the audio interface. In addition both groups performed better using the palmtop as compared to the laptop.