Text-free user interface
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A text-free user interface is a user interface
(UI) wholly based on graphical UI techniques
and without any writing
. Text-free UIs are employed in areas where written language may not be understood by the user. For example with young children, international UIs where localisation is not feasible or where users may be illiterate.
User interface
The user interface, in the industrial design field of human–machine interaction, is the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs. The goal of interaction between a human and a machine at the user interface is effective operation and control of the machine, and feedback from the...
(UI) wholly based on graphical UI techniques
Graphical user interface
In computing, a graphical user interface is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices with images rather than text commands. GUIs can be used in computers, hand-held devices such as MP3 players, portable media players or gaming devices, household appliances and...
and without any writing
Writing
Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols . It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio.Writing most likely...
. Text-free UIs are employed in areas where written language may not be understood by the user. For example with young children, international UIs where localisation is not feasible or where users may be illiterate.