Paper Info
Title
PocketMenu: non-visual menus for touch screen devices
Abstract
We present PocketMenu, a menu optimized for non-visual, in-pocket interaction with menus on handheld devices with touch screens. By laying out menu items along the border of the touch screen its tactile features guide the interaction. Additional vibro-tactile feedback and speech allows identifying the individual menu items non-visually. In an experiment, we compared PocketMenu with iPhone's VoiceOver. Participants had to control an MP3 player while walking down a road with the device in the pocket. The results provide evidence that in the above context the PocketMenu outperforms VoiceOver in terms of completion time, selection errors, usability. Hence, it enables usage of touch screen apps in mobile contexts (e.g. walking, hiking, or skiing) and limited interaction spaces (e.g. device resting in a pocket).
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1145/2371574.2371624
Mobile HCI
Keywords
Field
DocType
touch screen apps,additional vibro-tactile feedback,touch screen,handheld device,touch screen device,mp3 player,menu item,completion time,limited interaction space,non-visual menu,in-pocket interaction,individual menu items non-visually
MP3 player,Computer science,Usability,Mobile device,Human–computer interaction,Multimedia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
15
0.78
9
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Martin Pielot176850.22
Anastasia Kazakova2393.62
Tobias Hesselmann3977.19
Wilko Heuten458273.55
Susanne Boll51863197.71