S4S – XIS QUÊ APPLICATION by FCUL

SUMMARY Goals Search User Interface Examples User Interface Results User Interface Alternative Results User Interface Scenario

GOALS Offer a service which provides senior citizens:

Quick access to a specialized search engine

Multimodal interaction with the service

Provide senior citizens with quick and sucint answers to questions of their daily lives

SEARCH Type questions in Portuguese

XisQuê service provides the 5 most relevant answers

Hint area clarifying typically supported questions

EXAMPLES Rotating list of elucidative examples

Hyperlink to the result screen

Mimics the behavior of query otherwise typed by the user

RESULTS I Results screen divided in at most 5 pages containing the most relevant results

Navigate by: Swiping Touching page number Application Bar buttons

Users may prompt a new query by touching the appropriate application bar button

RESULTS II Instead of pages, we use a Panorama

Navigation by swiping, only

Title area spans through all answers, keeping a cohese structure and promoting a sense of belonging

Application Bar discarded to respect Windows Phone design guidelines

TO DO Microsoft Speech API integration:

Voice controls for senior citizens

Provide na alternative interaction modality

Usability testing:

Icons used and respective user perception

Result presentation alternatives

SCENARIO Jorge and António meet everyday at the park for a few games of domino. As old acquaintances, they enjoy rambling about a diversity of topics while they play, sometimes ending in heated discussions.

Today is no exception… Jorge argues Vincent Price starred in Gone with the Wind, while António insists it was Clark Gable (and rightfully so!). After a few minutes discussing, António grabs his smart-phone and accesses the XisQuê service, asking who starred in the film.

The service provides the answers, showing Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh had the leading roles in the movie.