The Effects on Proofreading by Display Media and Interaction

Touch-Interaction with Documents

Abstract

In this study, we examined the effects of interaction with "touch" in reading of paper and electronic media, based on experiments on reading materials to find out error parts. In the experiment, 9 combinations of 3 conditions of display medium of paper, tablet, and PC display, and 3 conditions of interaction of untouchable, touchable, and writable were set. 12 young adults (mean 23.2) participated in the experiment. The work efficiency and subjective evaluation were carried out from three kinds of "error-seeking reading" subjects: sentence only, figure and its description, and finding errors in picture. As a result, the recall of the answer was higher in the touchable/writable condition than in the untouchable condition for paper and tablet, and higher in the touchable/writable condition than in the untouchable condition for PC. Also, the precision of the answer was lower on the PC than on the paper and tablet. The results of this experiment show that the paper and tablet, which interact directly with the fingers, can be read more efficiently than the PC, which interacts indirectly with the mouse.