Work
In 2018, Lighten AI wanted to bring to market new translation product by integrating camera, AI and display. When reading, users point a finger to the word, then they can get translations and pronunciations immediately. Zaiye was commissioned to design a new interaction solution for this new product.
When you open a book to study, reading and thinking are a continuous process; but when using traditional tools such as translation software and dictionaries, you have to switch between objects, which interrupts the flow of reading. Therefore, we have initially formulated the two design strategies below:
When people are reading, looking and thinking, the common behavior is pointing word or drawing under text. Therefore, we mainly use this natural gesture as the main research target. The purpose is to make the mind focus on learning instead of operating.
Reduce the interruption of frequently switching between book and screen, which creates a smooth immersive reading learning experience.
We made paper prototypes and invited target users to experience them in a real environment to help define and innovate products. We recorded the entire process and extracted the different and common behaviors from different age groups when using products.
Simply click on the book to search for words; when a certain word in a sentence is crossed by a finger, the reading and translation function is activated, and the entire sentence is read out; two fingers swap up and down anywhere on the book can remotely control the screen to browse information and switch functions.
