Comments on: Designing for illiterate people http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2005/11/designing-for-illiterate-people/ mobile user interface design / user experience design / interaction design resources Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:53:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Perspective http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2005/11/designing-for-illiterate-people/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Perspective Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:12:22 +0000 http://www.smallsurfaces.com/?p=44#comment-16 <strong>Universal user interface...</strong> Thinking about the cellphone developed by Motorola for emerging markets made me look for any progress on the development of the interface. If indeed these phones are to truly penetrate where they are needed, a major hurdle to be overcome... Universal user interface…

Thinking about the cellphone developed by Motorola for emerging markets made me look for any progress on the development of the interface. If indeed these phones are to truly penetrate where they are needed, a major hurdle to be overcome…

]]> By: ribot http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2005/11/designing-for-illiterate-people/comment-page-1/#comment-9 ribot Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:25:06 +0000 http://www.smallsurfaces.com/?p=44#comment-9 "While you might be thinking of print quality and watermarks, our non-literate participants picked up on texture (China) and scent (India, for 500 rupee notes) of the notes" - What about the size of the notes? Here in England, I know that's how many blind people tell one note value from another (not sure if you have different sized notes in India). So, would the ergonomics of the device have to change? - in my opinion yes... so we can best take advantage of the different ways in which illiterate users actually use the device. Only my view though. “While you might be thinking of print quality and watermarks, our non-literate participants picked up on texture (China) and scent (India, for 500 rupee notes) of the notes”
– What about the size of the notes? Here in England, I know that’s how many blind people tell one note value from another (not sure if you have different sized notes in India).

So, would the ergonomics of the device have to change? – in my opinion yes… so we can best take advantage of the different ways in which illiterate users actually use the device. Only my view though.

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