Participant #1 (male)

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Reading

Reading

show current paragraph (e.g. abstract) and hide/shade rest of the text -> for better concentration [picture: participant#1 (3)]
select current paragraph by clicking on corresponding title (titles are highlighted to see what is selectable)
uses portrait format to read text arranged in columns [picture: participant#1 (2)]
uses landscape format to read text not arranged in columns

Highlighting

uses thumb to highlight more than one line
OR: touches first word of the text to be highlighted -> cursor appears -> drags cursor to last word of text to be selected (smartphone technique)
OR: uses stylus to highlight text line by line
uses highlighting to mark one word (uses more than one color normally)

Underlining

uses underlining to mark sentences
prefers stylus to underline text line by line

Making Comments

clicks next to underlined/highlighted text part -> menu pops up -> selects function to comment -> sticky note appears [picture: participant#1 (10)]
sticky note should be movable, resizable and hideable (if not in use)
option to choose between stylus or keyboard

Erasing

clicks on note -> menu pops up -> function to delete complete annotation
OR: uses stylus as an eraser [picture: participant#1 (6)]

Searching

clicks on word which he wants to search -> menu pops up -> display highlights all words in screen space [picture: participant#1 (13)]
use halo to show words outside the screen space
page numbers are shown on bottom of device to inform user about search result on other pages

Find annotated content

uses halo technique
would like to have search within annotations
search by color/type/...

Related content

clicks on image -> video starts (while the device is lifted up, the video is still shown)
click on references (such as images) -> window with corresponding graphic appears on device

Navigation

uses book for navigation (easier than device)

Flipping

to change between working space and shortcuts (such as calculator, browser, weather forecast)
but he would prefer to switch by button

Stacking

doesn't like the idea -> device is more personal -> doesn't want to use another one's device
to compare two graphics (data matching)

Tilting

to take pictures
map application:
when device is on surface -> 2D view of map
when it is lifted up -> 3D map appears (the more it is lifted up -> the more the 3D effect appears)

Lifting

as a magnifying lens
to take pictures

Other Remarks

function to copy and paste highlighting, underlining
function to lock underlying text (while the device is lifted up, the text is still shown)
function to search in Google
click on word to show meaning, translation, synonyms
small bookmarks as reminder of annotations on other pages (bookmarks are always visible)
set an anchor in a book page to a picture -> other users can see this anchor when using the same book
use for sketching