An investigation into appropriation of portable smart devices by users with aphasia

Imperatore, Gennaro and Dunlop, Mark D.; (2015) An investigation into appropriation of portable smart devices by users with aphasia. In: ASSETS '15 Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility. ACM, PRT, pp. 323-324. ISBN 978-1-4503-3400-6 (https://doi.org/10.1145/2700648.2811360)

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Abstract

As part of ongoing research we analysed user experience of a group of people with aphasia by applying the Technology Appropriation Model. Appropriation is defined as the way in which users adapt the functionality of technology to suit their needs, often in ways the designers would not have predicted. Currently over 250,000 people in the UK and 1,000,000 people in the US have aphasia. We discovered that Appropriation analysis can be a useful tool for requirements analysis of software, especially in cases where the user has trouble communicating about abstract or imagined scenarios, as is the case for many with Aphasia. We also discovered that Appropriation often stems from the user not knowing the full capabilities of the device or what applications are already available.

ORCID iDs

Imperatore, Gennaro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7658-8264 and Dunlop, Mark D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4593-1103;
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:54982
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    October 2015
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    Notes:© ACM, 2015. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in ASSETS '15 Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2700648.2811360
    Subjects:Science > Mathematics > Computer software
    Department:Faculty of Science > Computer and Information Sciences
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:11 Dec 2015 04:30
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 15:02
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/54982
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