Investigating the usability of a screen reader and mental models of blind users in the Windows environment

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-147

  Kurniawan, Sri H ^a   Sutcliffe, Alistair G ^b   Blenkhorn, Paul L ^b   Shin, Jae Eun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Mental model; Screen reader; Usability; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; LEARNING AIDS FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

SCREEN READERS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEVISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0038310015     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004356-200306000-00011     Document Type: Article

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