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

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

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: JCDL
• Authors: Benjamin B. Bederson, Alexander J. Quinn, Allison Druin
• Keywords: ClearText Display Techniques, Education, JCDL 2009, Mobile Phone, Zoomable User Interface