Open AccessUsability as a Premise of Quality
Author(s) -
Irene Tor-Carroggio,
Daniel Segura,
Olga Soler Vilageliú
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of audiovisual translation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2617-9148
DOI - 10.47476/jat.v2i2.77
Subject(s) - usability , quality (philosophy) , computer science , sample (material) , product (mathematics) , system usability scale , persian , premise , scale (ratio) , web usability , world wide web , human–computer interaction , linguistics , mathematics , geography , philosophy , chemistry , geometry , cartography , epistemology , chromatography
Usability is a key factor when talking about the quality of a product. The System Usability Scale (SUS) is one of the most popular tools to measure usability due to its numerous advantages and, therefore, a very useful quality assessment tool. Originally designed in English, it is available in some other languages, such as Persian and Greek but no validated version in Spanish can be found yet. This paper bridges this gap by describing the process of statistically validating the SUS into Spanish. The results show that our translation of the SUS is reliable, although our modest sample of informants (N = 50) leaves room for improvement and future research. The validation of the SUS is framed within a European project that will use it for its testing phase.