Keyboard-Operable Maintenance Instructions
The ongoing project examines how step-by-step instructions keep steps, focus and resumption traceable under alternative inputs and interruptions.
Problem
Step-by-step instructions can lose the working state under alternative inputs or interruption. Whoever resumes the work then no longer knows which step was completed last.
Research question
How can steps, focus and resumption remain traceable? The question concerns an interaction logic that preserves the working state even without a mouse.
Method
The plan provides for a prototype task sequence, a state model, a manual keyboard and focus check and a planned assistive-technology check. The work uses the interaction studio and the interface workbench.
Evaluation criteria
The criteria are complete task paths, recognisable errors, focus order and resumption points. The assistive-technology check is planned and has not yet taken place.
Expected outcome
A test protocol and an interface concept are expected. Conformance has not already been achieved. The project is ongoing; results are outstanding.
Limits
The project develops no certified industrial HMI and no real work instruction for machinery.
Publications
- U13
- U14