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SmartSenior Smartphone aid for smarter seniors Angela Gong, Joanie Hollberg, Maggie Skortcheva, Rassan Walker Problem Seniors struggle and need help operating smartphones Dependency on others to learn Anxiety and unfamiliarity with


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SmartSenior

Angela Gong, Joanie Hollberg, Maggie Skortcheva, Rassan Walker

Smartphone aid for smarter seniors

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Problem

  • Seniors struggle and need help operating

smartphones

  • Dependency on others to learn
  • Anxiety and unfamiliarity with interface
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Solution

  • Step-by-step tutorials with actual smartphone

interface

  • Intuition-building exercises to gain familiarity
  • Goal-oriented tasks
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Overview

  • Heuristic Evaluation Results
  • Revised Design
  • Prototype Status
  • Demo
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Heuristic Evaluation Results

Lack of introduction/settings [Severity 4]

App had no splash screen introduction, no indication to user of an audio feature. Fix:

  • Splash screen
  • Notice to user about audio

instructions

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Heuristic Evaluation Results

Unclear/missing help button [Severity 3]

Some tutorials don't have help button, sometimes unclear. Fix: Introduce help button in tap tutorial.

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Heuristic Evaluation Results

Cannot repeat instructions [Severity 3]

No way to repeat audio instructions. Fix: Repeat instructions when "Help" is pressed.

[mockups]
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Heuristic Evaluation Results

Reminders of current task [Severity 3]

Some tasks require reading an instruction on a previous screen but no instructions on next screen.

  • Helpful for building intuition
  • Reduce anxiety of making mistakes
  • Instructions available through Back and Help

buttons

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Heuristic Evaluation Results

No indication of progress [Severity 3]

Hard to tell how much a user has progressed through the tutorial. Still thinking about adding a progress bar.

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Heuristic Evaluation Results

Consistent audio instructions [Severity 3]

Some tutorials have audio instructions all the time, more advanced ones only have it when you make a mistake. Fix: All tutorials will consistently read aloud instructions. Possible unnoticed limitation of Proto.io

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Revised Design Overview

UI Changes

  • Bolder colors to distinguish SmartSenior app from

screenshots

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Revised Design Overview

Functionality Changes

  • Audio settings
  • Introduce help button in tap tutorial
  • Detection of long press in tap tutorial
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Prototype Status

Tools Used

  • Xcode for iOS programming
  • Interface Builder for UI design
  • Photoshop for mockups
  • Git/Github for version control
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Prototype Status

Implemented Features

  • Splash screen and home screen with list of

tutorials

  • Audio settings
  • Tap tutorial
  • Framework for all other tutorials
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Prototype Status

Unimplemented Features and Plans

  • Implement other tutorials
  • Search functionality
  • Record voice for tutorials

○ Want to finalize text first

  • Design logo
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Prototype Status

Wizard of Oz Techniques

  • Recorded audio files that auto-play to mimic actual

voice instructions

  • Hack to detect taps of incorrect length
  • No activity on app -- tapping for too little time
  • Long-press -- tapping for too long

Hard-coded Data

  • None -- no data needed for our app
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Prototype Status

Issues and Questions

  • Progress bar
  • Level of interactivity
  • Adding new elements on top of an already existing

design

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Demo

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Summary

  • Simple task completed
  • Have addressed most severe violations