A study on user interface design in learning Arabic alphabets for dyslexic children

Abstract

User interface (UI) is the screen or layout to make it easier for users to interact and operate the system. But this is not the case with users who have dyslexia. Dyslexia is a person with learning limitations such as reading, writing, spelling, and speaking. This group of people find it difficult to recognize the letter. Dyslexia often occurs in children. UI should be intractive for everyone of all ages. In order to make dyslexic children interact with UI, this paper investigates the UI design in learning the alphabet especially Arabic to dyslexic children. This is performed by analyzing the limitations of existing guidelines and related application and conducting user study with dyslexic children and their parents. The findings facilitated in highlighting a design guide for dyslexic children by understanding their behavior as they learn Arabic alphabets, which are not so much different from the available design guides for any other dyslexic children. Through a developed prototype, the emphasis of the design should be given to the usage of different colors especially in differentiating those with similar shapes and patterns, allow repetition where the children can better recognize, include audio pronunciations especially in a context of a non-native Arabic speakers. Overall, the children enjoyed interacting with the prototype as it visually attracted them to operate.