A Study on the Customer Interface Design of an Electronic Book Reader for Children

Lai-Chung Lee ； Kuang-Chung Hao ； Shiu-Yi Su

《國際數位媒體設計學刊》 7卷2期 (2015/12) Pp. 13-28

https://doi.org/10.29465/IJDMD.201512_7(2).0002

摘要

This research is aimed at enabling the electronic book (e-book) interface design to be more suitable for children, so we probing the usage problems and design deficiencies of the commercially available electronic book readers (e-readers) in order to develop a new design schema with a new interface. In total, 80 Grade six students from Shuishang elementary school were divided into 2 groups for a quasi-experiment; the experimental group used the new interface, whereas the control group used a commercially available e-reader (BenQ nReader K60). Responses to experimental observation and questionnaires of both groups were collected practically. The questionnaires of the two interfaces, such as operational time, satisfaction and their NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) work demands were examined with T-testing and then analyzed. The result shows that the data obtained from the new interface design are obviously superior to those obtained from the BenQ K60. The study results indicate that 93% of children enjoy the new interface design and think that it is more easily operated and used. Moreover, children’s operation of a visualized interface is superior to a plain text interface, and a visualized interface with small characters can increase the identification degree of children’s use. In summary of the above results, the newly developed interface can actually reduce the difficulty and increase the degree of preference in children’s use. This study proposes the design guidelines of e-book interface for children that can serve as a reference for the design of related studies.

關鍵字

Electronic Book reader ； E-book Interface Design ； Interfaces Evaluation

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