Post-test perceptions of digital tools by the elderly in an ambient environment

Elizabeth Bougeois (1) , Jenny Duchier (2) , Frédéric Vella (3) , Mathilde Blanc Machado (3) , Adrien van den Bossche (4) , Thierry Val (4) , Damien Brulin (5) , Nadine Vigouroux (3) , Eric Campo (5)

1 LERASS - Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches Appliquées en Sciences Sociales
2 LEASP - Epidémiologie et analyses en santé publique : risques, maladies chroniques et handicaps
3 IRIT-ELIPSE - Etude de L’Interaction Personne SystèmE
4 IRIT-RMESS - Réseaux, Mobiles, Embarqués, Sans fil, Satellites
5 LAAS-S4M - Équipe Instrumentation embarquée et systèmes de surveillance intelligents

This article presents the first results about the perception of 33 elderly people on interaction tools in a digital ambient environment. The evaluation of this study is based on interviews and filling a short questionnaire after a presentation of the different possible technologies and the use of a digital automated living lab by the volunteers on a life scenario. The first results show a significant interest of the elderly the voice interaction mode compared with touch screen or switches as well as a good opinion of technological tools presented in real situation that they would use in the future if their health required it.

Mots clés: Usability; Elderly; Ambient digital environment; Living Lab; interaction mode; Perceptions

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]; Système d'exploitation [cs.OS]; Architectures Matérielles [cs.AR]; Systèmes embarqués

Elizabeth Bougeois, Jenny Duchier, Frédéric Vella, Mathilde Blanc Machado, Adrien van den Bossche, et al.. Post-test perceptions of digital tools by the elderly in an ambient environment. 15th International Conference On Smart homes and health Telematics (ICOST 2016), May 2016, Wuhan, China. pp.356-367. ⟨hal-01566918⟩