My research deals with providing communication solutions to elderly people that have minimal to no technical experience and capability. We have developed the Keep in Touch (KiT) app to assist these people communicate with family and friends. These slides were presented to the CHAI research group in the University of Sydney school of IT.

1. Keep in Touch (KiT)
Amnon Carmel
Computer Human Adaptive
Interaction Research Group (CHAI)

2. Motivation & Context

3. Motivation & Context

4. Motivation & Context
Ageing population double worldwide by 2050*
Aus. 85+ increase from 1.6% to 4.9%-7.2% **
Elderly people often prefer to “age in place”
Globalisation and urbanisation lead to
distributed families
Communication is key for elderly wellbeing
* http://transgenerational.org/aging/demographics.htm#ixzz1VdKIfz5e
** By 2056, see http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3222.0

6. The Keep in Touch (KiT) iPad App

7. Keep in Touch (KiT) iPad App

8. Keep in Touch (KiT) iPad App

9. My Research

10. Research Overview
To Methodologically Explore…
What do people
actually want from
such a solution
Whether KiT in its
current version is
useful
Suitable user
interface for the
elderly

11. User Interface For the Elderly
Self Explanatory
GUI
Touch-screen
gestures
Colours, fonts &
symbols
Size & number
of objects
Location in
home

12. Is KiT Useful?
How do
people use it?
What sort of
messages?
What are the
implications?
Will it help
aging in place?
Is it useful for
the elderly?

13. What Do People Want (For Next Version)?
Phatic
technology?
Sensor-
based?
Mobile?
Gamification?
Location
based?

14. Research Goals
How to
increase
Communication
interactions
Research Best practices
for touch CHI
Goals for the elderly
Identifying
methods to
bring care
circles closer

15. Research Environment

18. Aurama

19. Aurama

20. Aurama

22. Storyplace.me

23. Storyplace.me

25. MarkerClock

27. Dude’s Magic Box

28. Positive Findings in
Literature Review

29. (Mackay, 2010)
Critical Literature Review
7 18 34

30. (Biemans, 2009), (Frank Bentley, 2011) and (Pavan Dadlani, 2010)
Critical Literature Review

31. (Rowan E. D., 2005), (Frank Bentley, 2011)
Critical Literature Review

32. (Elizabeth D. Mynatt, 2001), (Sunny Consolvo, 2004) and (Pavan Dadlani, 2010)

33. (Sunny Consolvo, 2004), (Georgios Metaxas, 2007), (Boustani, 2010) and (Frank Bentley, 2011)
Critical Literature Review

34. (Frank Bentley, 2011), (Boustani, 2010)
Critical Literature Review
MOVE TOWARDS MOBILE
DEVICES

35. Issues For Consideration
From Literature Review

36. (Georgios Metaxas, 2007), (Pavan Dadlani, 2010)
Critical Literature Review

37. (Georgios Metaxas, 2007)
Critical Literature Review

38. (Biemans, 2009) (Emile Aarts, 2004) (Frank Bentley, 2011) (Georgios Metaxas, 2007) (Mackay, 2010) (Pavan Dadlani, 2010) (Sunny Consolvo, 2004). (Aarts, 2009)
Critical Literature Review
MOSTLY
SMALL
SCALE
RESEARCH

39. (Mackay, 2010), (Birnholtz, 2010)
Critical Literature Review

40. Senior Touch-Based
Design Guidelines

41. Design Guidelines*
* Boustani, S. (2010, October 27). Designing touch-based interfaces for the elderly. Sydney, NSW,
Australia: University of Sydney, faculty of engineering, school of electrical engineering.

42. Design Guidelines*
Avoid scroll bars
Use simple large fonts with left justification
Avoid moving text
Important information should be concentrated in the centre
Keep consistent interface
Avoid red / green and blue / yellow colour combinations
Minimal to no animation
Provide larger targets
Avoid multi-touch interactions
Avoid note taking / scribble functions * Boustani, S. (2010, October 27). Designing touch-based interfaces for the elderly. Sydney, NSW,
Australia: University of Sydney, faculty of engineering, school of electrical engineering.

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45. Thank You
Amnon Carmel
acar4721@uni.sydney.edu.au