1. Participatory Design with Proxies Jordan Boyd-Graber and Sonya Nikolova Princeton University

2. We are working on … ► Desktop-PDA system for people with aphasia  Desktop Component ► Large, flexible system ► Create appointments and phrases  Mobile Component ► View compositions without stigma ► Use system for phrase playback

3. Designing for People with Aphasia ► Main Challenges  Communicating with the user population  Designing for varying degrees of the disability  Inaccessible user population

4. Participatory Design with Proxies ► Proxies: three SLPs  Alternative and augmentative communication devices  Hundreds of cases  Family situations and patient needs  Communication strategies

5. Participatory Design with Proxies ► Low fidelity prototype evaluation ► Structured Interviewing ► Ethnographic Interviewing

6. Questions ► ► Are there other alternatives to using proxies? ► ► Is the use of proxies an effective design strategy? ► ► How do we measure the effectiveness of this approach?