Title
Searching digital audio broadcasting radio stations: usability and safety issues for in-vehicle devices
Abstract
Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) changes analogical radio in a new media where images, video and hypertext contents are added to the "traditional" audio services. The shift to the digital broadcasting technology has shown several advantages such as an enhancement in the audio quality, an increased number of available stations and availability of brand new services. At the same time, this transformation (or remediation) implies new modalities and a higher complexity of user interaction with the innovative services. The current study focused on the evaluation of new modalities of station search by a categorization of the program type. A specific design proposal was prototyped and tested with users. A simulation of an in-vehicle context of use was used as experimental scenario in this study. Participants' ocular activity was recorded with the aim at monitoring users interaction with the radio system while driving. Also, participants' user experience of DAB was compared to the users of the analogical car radio. Generally, results showed an improved user experience of DAB system and an overall suitability of the program type categorization as search modality in digital radio. Finally, implications for hands-free radio system in automotive are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1145/2037296.2037331
CHItaly
Keywords
Field
DocType
improved user experience,dab system,brand new service,digital radio,digital audio broadcasting radio,new media,analogical car radio,safety issue,new modality,radio system,hands-free radio system,in-vehicle device,changes analogical radio,ergonomics,information technology,innovation,usability,automotive,user experience,human factors,interaction design,eye tracking
Digital radio,Hypertext,User experience design,Interaction design,Computer science,Usability,Sound quality,Human–computer interaction,Digital broadcasting,Digital audio broadcasting,Multimedia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
6