Sensory evaluation method with multivariate analysis for pictograms on smartphone

Abstract

New technologies have the potential to be used by anyone irrespective of age, gender, location, nationality, disability or time considerations. The session topic of well-being is close in meaning to User Experience (UX) which is considered a broader category under which usability and accessibility fall and is concerned with human perceptions and responses related to system attractive and comfortable use. To measure one quality of well-being, this paper discusses an original method: the Sensory Evaluation method. This method is demonstrated using multivariate analysis with the example of creating pictograms/icons of daily used signs from seven national sign languages on a smartphone. A usability evaluation test on its effectiveness and efficiency revealed that communication speed by tapping pictograms/icons on the smartphone was about five times more efficient than text message.