ParticipatoryParticipatory Design with Design with ProxiesProxies

Jordan Boyd-Graber and Sonya NikolovaJordan Boyd-Graber and Sonya Nikolova

Princeton UniversityPrinceton University

We are working on …We are working on …

►Desktop-PDA system for people with Desktop-PDA system for people with aphasiaaphasia

Desktop ComponentDesktop Component► Large, flexible systemLarge, flexible system► Create appointments and phrasesCreate appointments and phrases

Mobile ComponentMobile Component► View compositions without stigmaView compositions without stigma► Use system for phrase playbackUse system for phrase playback

Designing for People with Designing for People with AphasiaAphasia

►Main ChallengesMain Challenges

Communicating with the user populationCommunicating with the user population Designing for varying degrees of the Designing for varying degrees of the

disabilitydisability Inaccessible user populationInaccessible user population

Participatory Design with Participatory Design with ProxiesProxies

►Proxies: three SLPsProxies: three SLPs

Alternative and augmentative Alternative and augmentative communication devicescommunication devices

Hundreds of casesHundreds of cases Family situations and patient needsFamily situations and patient needs Communication strategiesCommunication strategies

Participatory Design with Participatory Design with ProxiesProxies

►Low fidelity prototype evaluationLow fidelity prototype evaluation

►Structured InterviewingStructured Interviewing

►Ethnographic InterviewingEthnographic Interviewing

QuestionsQuestions

►Are there other alternatives to using proxies?

►Is the use of proxies an effective design strategy?

►How do we measure the effectiveness of this approach?