Digital Interface Analysis of Apple’s iPhone Clock Application
Apples’s iPhone Clock Application is a program that allows users to set a variety of alarms and store them to be used over again when needed.
Through the iPhone touch tone screen interface, the user can quickly access the clock application to set new and access existing alarms set. It allows the user to label them and choose sounds or tones for each alarm set. The user can also use this app with a voice app on most iPhones called Siri. The user can ask Siri to call up existing alarms or ask her to set a new ones.
The icon for the application is very straight forward as it is picture of a a simple clock. The user can change the icon as there are several clock faces to choose from. Upon opening the application, the user can see all their alarms at quick glance. The user can interact with application in several different ways. For example, to enter information, the user can:
manually through the iPhone’s touch screen.
use the iPhone’s voice control (or Siri) functionalities which allows the user to press the iPhones home button and verbally tell Siri to enter the information and, or reminders for them.
The Siri voice app helps this application work for people with vision impairment disabilities. Overall the digital interface is very easy to use and doesn’t really need to be learned making it a very quick and comfortable user experience.
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