Low vision seriously impedes people from performing daily tasks especially reading. Readful-U is a mobile application with an attachable stand that helps people with low vision to read easily. It mainly targets the elderly patients since they are the primary group affected. Furthermore, users will be engaged in wider social interactions through inviting people to read for them. Built on current reading assistant technologies, Readful-U steps into the blank space to make audio assistance a vivid interaction between people rather than with a machine generated voice. The user-centered design process is featured with parallel designs, primary user research, contextual inquiry, prototyping, user testing, and iterations. Going beyond the common functions of current reading assistant devices, Readful-U specially caters to the emotional and social needs of low vision patients in an innovative and cost-effective way.
['Ninglu Wang', 'Kai Yu', 'Junhui Li', 'Ruofan Zhang', 'Fei Ren']
Readful-U: Improving Reading Experience and Social Interaction for Low Vision Elders