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Usability has become the main quality attribute on the development of digital devices. Meanwhile, the new interaction paradigms represent a great challenge for usability. Traditional methods for usability evaluation may not be appropriated to the nature of these new interaction models. This paper introduces a new set of usability heuristics for multimodal paradigm, specially multitouch and speech-based interaction. We analyzed traditional usability heuristics, characteristics of multitouch and speech-based interaction, and guidelines for developers, aiming to reach a satisfactory result. A comparative case study between our proposal and Nielsen’s heuristics is then conducted.
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Vilar Neto, E., Campos, F.F.C. (2014). Evaluating the Usability on Multimodal Interfaces: A Case Study on Tablets Applications. In: Marcus, A. (eds) Design, User Experience, and Usability. Theories, Methods, and Tools for Designing the User Experience. DUXU 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8517. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07668-3_47
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