Abstract
This study aims to make clear a relation between tactile stimulus and words, which inform users about function of products. Subjects touched 33 tactile stimuli without viewing them. They selected an adjective matching each tactile stimulus from 30 pairs of adjectives. The adjectives represent the functions of an interface, with tactual perception of materials. As a result of the experiment, we found several relations between the tactile stimuli and the adjectives : smoothness and quickness, coarseness and loudness, softness and slowness and so on.Thus we could suggest that the tactile stimulus are effective to inform users of the function and operation on the interface. Moreover, we could show the capability to apply the tactile stimulus to an interface design.
