Designing the reading experience for scanned multi-lingual picture books on mobile phones

Abstract

www.zumobi.com This paper reports on an adaption of the existing PopoutText and ClearText display techniques to mobile phones. It explains the design rationale for a freely available iPhone application to read books from the International Children’s Digital Library. Through a combination of applied image processing, a zoomable user interface, and a process of working with children to develop the detailed design, we present an interface that supports clear reading of scanned picture books in multiple languages on a mobile phone. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.1.2 [Models and Principles]: User/Machine Systems – Human factors.