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From: stro@rochester.ARPA (Steve Robiner)
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: computer interfaces
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Date: Tue, 19-May-87 16:48:56 EDT
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In article <1767@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>	Example problem: How does one design a process control human interface
>program for use by a 55 year old man who barely finished high school, still

Touch screens are the most common interface for systems dealing with
lay-people.  In shopping malls and grocery stores, computer assisted directories
use graphics, voice synthesis, and touch screens for interfacing with a menu
driven system.

These all work well, since the user needs no background in computer operation,
typing, or menu's. All one has to do is point at what they want.

=Steve=