Usability engineering of interactive voice responsive (IVR) systems in oral users of Southern Africa

This research study focuses on the feasibility of using the telephone as a tool for information access in the oral communities of Southern Africa. The OpenPhone and BGR systems are used as case studies and their designs have been influenced by field studies with the targeted users. The OpenPhone project aims to design an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) health information system that enables people who are caregivers for HIV/AIDS infected children to access relevant care-giving information by using a telephone in their native language of Setswana in Botswana, Southern Africa. The BGR system allows soccer fans to access results of recently played matches in Premier Soccer League (PSL) of South Africa.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Electrical Engineering

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Ndwe, Tembalethu Jama

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Barnard, Etienne
• Dlodlo, Mqhele E
• Mashao, Daniel

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10582

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10582