Proposed user interface design criteria for children with dyslexia

  • Authors

    • Rehman Ullah Khan Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak(UNIMAS)
    • Yin Bee Oon Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak(UNIMAS)
    • Muhammad Inam UlHaq Department of Computer Sciences, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak Pakistan
    • Siti Hajarah Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak(UNIMAS)
    2019-03-22
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.25496
  • Dyslexia, Font Family, Font Color, Human Computer Interface, User Interface.

  • Children with dyslexia have difficulties with accurate word recognition, poor spelling and inability to differentiate certain phoneme and colours. Writing is another issue that is faced by most kids with dyslexia. There are many font families, text colour contrast and input methods for interface designing such as word selection, dropdown list and typing from a keyboard. There is a need to investigate, what font family, input method, and colour can ease children with dyslexia. Therefore, this study aims to explore and propose a suitable font, colour and input method for children with dyslexia. For this purpose, we have designed a mobile application having several user interfaces to test with a group of children with dyslexia. Comparison results was further concluded to be a set of recommendations for future interface design for them.

     

     

     

    Author Biography

    • Rehman Ullah Khan, Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak(UNIMAS)
      Augmented Reality, Machine Learning, Data Science, Computational Linguistics, Web Based CMS.

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    Ullah Khan, R., Bee Oon, Y., Inam UlHaq, M., & Hajarah, S. (2019). Proposed user interface design criteria for children with dyslexia. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(4), 5253-5257. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.25496