HCI Project 2007

HCI 2 is a module at the Computer Science school at the University of Birmingham. The HCI Project 2007 blog is the place where the team will discuss ideas and processes involved in developing a 'useful piece of technology' for our target audience - children <= 11 years old.

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Device PC Software Design

When the device is first connected to the PC via USB cable the user is prompted to transfer any newly scanned words to the PC. When this is complete a simple interface will appear displaying the following features:


  1. View Recently Scanned Words
    This displays a list of all words scanned since the device was last connected to the PC software. A word will only be listed once, even if it has been scanned multiple times and the words will be displayed in alphabetical order.

  2. View Words Scanned The Most
    This displays the 10 most scanned words since either the last time the device was connected to the PC software, in the last week or month, or since the device was first used.

  3. View Different Types Of Words Scanned
    Here the user is able to view a graph showing how often different types of words are scanned. It will display adjectives, nouns, verbs and proverbs. The x axis will be time and the y axis will be the number of words of that type.

  4. Current Reading Level
    This feature calculates the child's reading level based on the type of words that have been scanned. The reading levels will be set the same as official school reading levels.

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