John D. Gould
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The 1984 Olympic Message System: a test of behavioral principles of system design
There was more than athletic talent being pressed to peak performance at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Behind the scenes, a multilingual Olympic Message System…
Designing for usability: key principles and what designers think
This article is both theoretical and empirical. Theoretically, it describes three principles of system design which we believe must be followed to produce a useful and…
Composing letters with a simulated listening typewriter
With a listening typewriter, what an author says would be automatically recognized and displayed in front of him or her. However, speech recognition is not yet advanced…
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