The Panlingual Camera Phone

Martin Hecko¹, Kinsley Ogunmola¹, Jonathan Pool, Nebiyeleoul Tadesse⁰, Tim Wong, Peter Woodman¹, Luke Woods⁰

⁰Oct-Dec 2006
¹Beginning Jan 2007

Sites:
http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse490f/07wi/project_files/camera/
http://panlingual.org/ (hosted by Utilika Foundation)

Welcome

Welcome to the site of the Panlingual Camera Phone!

At this site you can find information about the idea and progress toward its realization. Specifically:

• The Panlingual Camera Phone

  A brief description of the idea, existing attempts to implement it, how it might be studied, and examples of where it might be applied. PDF.

• The Panlingual Camera Phone: Tasks and Interface

  A report on empirical studies of the need for, and feasibility of, a panlingual camera phone. PDF.

  The slides for the presentation of the report. PDF. PowerPoint.

• The Panlingual Camera Phone: Initial Prototype

  A report describing an empirical study of the usability of an initial, low-fidelity prototype of a panlingual camera phone. PDF.

  The slides for the presentation of the report. PDF. PowerPoint.

• The Panlingual Camera Phone: Interactive Prototype, Version 0

  A report describing an interactive prototype of a panlingual camera phone, built with the DENIM informal prototyping tool. PDF.

  Instructions ("README" document) for demonstrating this prototype with three scenarios:

  • Bus.
  • Restaurant.
  • Cemetery.

  Source files (DENIM documents).

  A heuristic evaluation of this version by a four-person team of user-interface specialists (PDF). RTF. MS Word.

  Earlier drafts, with viewable demonstrations.

  First-draft specimen of a possible higher-fidelity prototype.

• The Panlingual Camera Phone: Project Summary, 7 December 2006

  The slides for a presentation on the project.

  A poster on the project. PDF. PowerPoint.

• The Panlingual Camera Phone: Interactive Prototype, Version 1

  A report describing a revised interactive prototype of a panlingual camera phone, built with the DENIM informal prototyping tool. PDF.

  Instructions ("README" document) for demonstrating this prototype with three scenarios:

  • Bus.
  • Restaurant.
  • Cemetery.

  Source files (DENIM documents).

• The Panlingual Camera Phone: Web-Based Test

  A report describing a Web-based user test of an interactive prototype of a panlingual camera phone, built with the DENIM informal prototyping tool. PDF.

  Slides for a presentation on the test.

• The Panlingual Camera Phone: Device-Based Test

  A report describing a device-based interactive prototype of a panlingual camera phone, built with a commercial prototyping tool. PDF.

  Slides for a presentation on the test.

  Visual Studio 5.0 solution for Cingular 8125 (client) and Visual Studio 5.0 (server)

  Installation and Operation Instructions for the solution

• The Panlingual Camera Phone: Device-Based Pilot Usability Study

  A report describing a pilot usability study on a device-based prototype of a panlingual camera phone. PDF.

  Slides for a presentation on the study.

• The Panlingual Camera Phone: Project Summary, 9 March 2007

  A report describing the mission and history of the panlingual camera phone project from October 2006 until March 2007, including a description of the device-based prototype, revised after the pilot usability study. PDF.

  The slides for a presentation on the project.

  A poster on the project. PDF. Pages.

  Visual Studio 5.0 solution for Cingular 8125 (client) and Visual Studio 5.0 (server)

  Installation and Operation Instructions for the solution

Comments? Questions?