Objective Measurements Analysis for Usability Evaluation of Mobile Applications for Deaf People

Authors

  • Shelena Soosay Nathan Human-Centered Computing Research Lab, School of Computing, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
  • Azham Hussain Human-Centered Computing Research Lab, School of Computing, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
  • Nor Laily Hashim Human-Centered Computing Research Lab, School of Computing, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia

Keywords:

Deaf people, Mobile application, Objective metrics, Usability evaluation model, Validation,

Abstract

Usability evaluation is an important element that will enable to identify performance of any system or application. Through identification of these issue, usefulness of a product can be improvised. Many usability models are available to evaluate the system usability. Usability data can be collected in two different method which is objective data and subjective data. This paper present objective data analysis of usability evaluation conducted with deaf people mobile application. The results show that the application evaluated having usability issue in term of performance which needs to be improvised by the developer to produce better functionality application for deaf people.

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Published

2017-09-15

How to Cite

Nathan, S. S., Hussain, A., & Hashim, N. L. (2017). Objective Measurements Analysis for Usability Evaluation of Mobile Applications for Deaf People. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering (JTEC), 9(2-12), 25–28. Retrieved from https://jtec.utem.edu.my/jtec/article/view/2766

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Vol. 9 No. 2-12: The Challenge of Computer and Engineering in Building Sustainable Service Systems II

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