Eye-Tracking Usability Data of BacaDisleksia for an Informed Dyslexia-Friendly Design Decision

BacaDisleksia is an application specifically designed for children with dyslexia learning to read. The application aims to facilitate dyslexic children and ease their reading by carefully considering the Human-Computer Interaction and Interaction Design fundamentals that could facilitate them to read better. However, the design of BacaDisleksia is yet to be empirically confirmed. Therefore, a usability testing was conducted using Tobii eye-tracker to further examine its design. Six dyslexic children as participants were involved in the testing revealing design issues related to BacaDisleksia that can be improved based on eye-tracking data such as heat maps and gaze plots. As a results, this paper presents the eye-tracking usability findings that could inform dyslexia-friendlier design decisions for any application with a similar aim as BacaDisleksia. Such design decisions are crucial in digital innovation to provide better digital solutions for dyslexia and other learners with reading difficulties, in line with one of UNESCO’s aims for having the technology to support inclusivity for children with disabilities, including learning disabilities such as dyslexia.