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WISE: a Wizard Interface
Supporting Enhanced usability
Joshua M. Hailpern
1st place in Student Research Competition
at SIG ACCESS's ASSETS 2006 |
ABSTRACT
The current state of software which targets older adults’ ability
to use computers focuses on physical issues while largely ignoring
the cognitive issues. As a larger percentage of Americans are
considered “old” (60+), the lack of a system tailored
to the needs of this age demographic has resulted in a part of the
population that is disconnected from the rest of the world. This paper
describes WISE, an alternative OS and application UI that specifically
targets the cognitive deficits of older adults.
Extended Version Submitted to the Student Research Competition Grand
finals
Extended
Abstract in Proceedings of ACM, ASSETS 2006
Oral Slides Presented at SIG ACCESS's ASSETS 2006 
Poster Presented at SIG ACCESS's ASSETS 2006
Extended Version of Abstract Published as a IBM Research
Report: RC 24015
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WISE Content for Software Architecture User Interfaces
05431. Carnegie Mellon University
(Fall 2005).
Note, WISE stood for "Wizard Interface Supporting
the Elderly" at this time.
ACKNOLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank Will Haines and Professor Jason Hong for their
input and support on the initial concept of WISE
during the SAUI class. Also, I wish to thank
Vicki Hanson and the rest of her group at IBMT.J.
Watson Research in NY, for their assistance in
the overall WISE project, and conducting focus
groups.
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