Designing an eyes-reduced document skimming app for situational impairments
department or school: Science, Faculty of
department or school: Computer Science, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Khan, Taslim Arefin
issued: 2020-10-31T07:00:00Z
issued: 2019
related degree: Master of Science - MSc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Listening to text using read-out-loud applications is a popular way for people to consume content when their visual attention is situationally impaired (e.g., commuting, walking, tired eyes). However, due to the linear nature of audio, such apps do not support skimming--a non-linear, rapid form of reading--essential for quickly grasping the gist and organization of difficult texts, like academic or professional documents. To support auditory skimming for situational impairment, we: (1) identified the user needs and challenges in auditory skimming through a formative study (N=20), (2) derived the concept of "eyes-reduced'' skimming that blends auditory and visual modes of reading, inspired by how participants mixed visual and non-visual interactions, (3) generated a set of design guidelines for eyes-reduced skimming, and (4) designed and evaluated a novel audio skimming app (Skimmer) that embodies the guidelines. Our in-situ preliminary observation study (N=6) suggests that participants are positive about our design and are able to auditorily skim documents. We discuss design implications for eyes-reduced reading, read-out-loud apps, and text-to-speech engines.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/72100
note: Designing an Eyes-Reduced Document SkimmingApp for Situational ImpairmentsbyTaslim Arefin KhanB. Sc., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2015M. Sc., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2017A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OFTHE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OFMASTER OF SCIENCEinThe Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies(Computer Science)THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA(Vancouver)October 2019c© Taslim Arefin Khan, 2019The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Fac-ulty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesis titled:Designing an Eyes-Reduced Document Skimming App for Situational Im-pairmentssubmitted by Taslim Arefin Khan in partial fulfillment of the requirements forthe degree of Master of Science in Computer Science.Examining Committee:Joanna McGrenere, Computer ScienceSupervisorDongwook Yoon, Computer ScienceCo-supervisor and Supervisory Committee MemberiiAbstractListening to text using read-out-loud applications is a popular way for people toconsume content when their visual attention is situationally impaired (e.g., com-muting, walking, tired eyes). However, due to the linear nature of audio, suchapps do not support skimming–a non-linear, rapid form of reading–essential forquickly grasping the gist and organization of difficult texts, like academic or pro-fessional documents. To support auditory skimming for situational impairment,we: (1) identified the user needs and challenges in auditory skimming through aformative study (N=20), (2) derived the concept of “eyes-reduced” skimming thatblends auditory and visual modes of reading, inspired by how participants mixedvisual and non-visual interactions, (3) generated a set of design guidelines foreyes-reduced skimming, and (4) designed and evaluated a novel audio skimmingapp (Skimmer) that embodies the guidelines. Our in-situ preliminary observationstudy (N=6) suggests that participants are positive about our des…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2020-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0384519
language: eng
degree discipline: Computer Science
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/72100