Usability Considerations for a Cellular-based Text Translator

Leslie Barrett, Robert Levin


Abstract
This paper describes a cellular-telephone-based text-to-text translation system developed at Transclick, Inc. The application translates messages bi-directionally in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. This paper describes design features uniquely suited to hand-held-device based translation systems. In particular, we discuss some of the usability conditions unique to this type of application and present strategies for overcoming usability obstacles encountered in the design phase of the product.
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2005.mtsummit-posters.22
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Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit X: Posters
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September 13-15
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2005
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Phuket, Thailand
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471–475
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https://aclanthology.org/2005.mtsummit-posters.22
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Leslie Barrett and Robert Levin. 2005. Usability Considerations for a Cellular-based Text Translator. In Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit X: Posters, pages 471–475, Phuket, Thailand.
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