Capture

Diya Gangopadhyay | Ayan Kishore | Phil SarinBasic Interaction Design, A2: Mobile Info System, February 18th 2009

problem statementcellphones with basic multimedia capability (camera and speaker) are pervasive

but there isn’t an application or service available that integrates multimedia capabilities to capture interesting or important occurrences and their location

proposed solutionCapture is a simple tool that allows you to take a photo, or voice recording to capture something noteworthy. Capture auto-tags it with location information. These captures can be retrieved at will, or pop-up automatically when one is the vicinity of a previous capture. Further, one has basic ability to share captures via MMS.

Capture can serve as a mobile memory aid, an organizer for cellphone photos or voice recordings, an auto-fill MMS template …

system navigationadd Capture

view Capture

Keyword (Location)Time & Date

Keyword (Location)Time & Date

View All Add Back Skip Back Skip

DoneSave and ProceedSave and Add more Images

Back DoneBack Done

_ _ : _ _ _ _ : _ _

add Capture

Keyword (Location)Time & Date

View All Add Back Options Back Options

Back SelectBack Done

view Capture

Keyword (Location)Time & Date

Keyword (Location)Time & Date

Keyword (Location)Time & Date

Keyword (Location)Time & Date

Re-record VoiceDelete CaptureShare Capture

Change Keyword

T9 Abc

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Voice annotation screen from add Capture sequence

via confirmation screen

Brings up auto-populated MMS in cell phone MMS app

design processpersona

brainstorming and sketching

sketching interaction

scenario and prototype

personaErica Brewer• Age: 71• Retired Pharmacist

Erica stays with her husband Frank, who is also retired. She has two grown sons who stay in the same city, and 3 grandchildren aged 5, 8 and 12.

Nearly everyday, she meets up with her buddies for coffee. She is part of a local charity organization that raises funding for research of juvenile diabetes. On an average, she spends 10 hours a week for the cause.

She tries to get the full family together at her place about once a month. Once in a while, she picks up her grandkids from school and they stay the night with her and Frank. She looks forward to those days and even plans in advance for them.

Goals• Keep the family united• Be a good grandmother• Be independent and occupied• Feel useful to the community• Live on a limited budget inconspicuously

Photo Credits: Lisa Ruokis

• Not to feel like an old person• Enjoy shopping

• Find the best price• Remember what I’m looking for• Remember recipes• Make a good meal• Look for inspiration

lifelife experienceexperience endend

brainstorming and sketching

sketching interaction

scenario and prototypingErica gets drawn to Capture…

beyond Erica… capture interesting places while travelling, and share with friends

capture the place where you parked your car

take a series of captures (landmarks) to trace path

multimedia wallet photo

grounded in persona for low-end cell phones

doesn’t use data plan; doesn’t need to connect to carrier signal

design favored photo and voice annotation over text tagging

limited share capability (keeping away from social networking)

competitor analysisnote-taking applications are text tagging and hierarchical organization intensive, are complex, and are for high end phones. e.g. Evernote, reQall

basic voice recording or camera apps on phones don’t integrate multimedia capabilities, and are hardly employed for note-taking

Unique Selling Point: auto-tagging of geographical information, and location based retrieval

the short storyCapture is primarily a mobile memory aid. We designed it to meet the needs of Erica Brewer, a fictional 71-year-old persona whose calendar is filled with volunteering activities, coffee with friends, and indulging her grandkids.

Erica is not a gadget freak. Unlike many other mobile applications, Capture specifically supports older phones with low-cost service plans. Capture also favors image and voice interaction over typing on a tiny telephone keypad.

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