On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > This piece from BBC News [1] demonstrates how the residents of Doerentrup > can activate the street lighting via mobile phone. This requires them to > call a specific number and then use an access code to switch a specific > lighting array for the street they want lit-up. Given that this is targeted > at older people who may well have memory issues, it seems peculiar to force > them to remember a (series of) 6-digit access code(s). A case where voice > recognition seems a better option?
What is the text message use rate in that demographic? Wouldn't it be possible to put the code directly on the actual street lamps? And wouldn't location be a good addition to this service? Perhaps enough to make it a downloaded application? But if you require voice services only, I agree that speech recognition of street names are likely to be a good match. But it introduces a serious risk of errors that will drastically increase cognitive load if it isn't handled perfectly. ~~~~ Barbara Ballard [email protected] 1-785-838-3003 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
