Walsh, GregZiman, Randall2018-01-262018-01-262017-12UB_2017_Ziman_Rhttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/7721M.S. -- University of Baltimore, 2017Thesis submitted to the School of Information Arts and Technologies of the University of Baltimore in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Interaction Design and Information Architecture.This paper explores how seniors perceive Voice User Interfaces (VUIs) and the factors that shape those perceptions. An experiment was administered to 15 seniors (over age of 65), in which the participants searched for information using a traditional keyboard/mouse interface and an experimental voice/touch interface. Throughout the experiment, the participants were observed and interviewed by an investigator. An analysis of the data collected showed that seniors perceive meaningful differences between the two interfaces in terms of learnability, usability, ease of understanding and helpfulness. The data also shows that seniors’ perceptions of the interfaces were most strongly influenced by familiarity, usability, habit, aversion to typing, and efficiency of voice input. These findings have implications for improving the design of VUIs for seniors and accommodating universal accessibility.107 leavesapplication/pdfen-USThis item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is made available by the University of Baltimore for non-commercial research and educational purposes.User Experience DesignInput TechniquesText/Speech/LanguageOlder AdultsText