SeeWord - A personal word processing environment for dyslexic computer users

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-355

  Gregor, Peter ^a   Dickinson, Anna ^a   Macaffer, Alison ^a   Andreasen, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MONITORS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STANDARDS; WORD PROCESSING;

COMPUTER SCREEN; DYSLEXIA; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SEEWORD;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 0038610709     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8535.00331     Document Type: Article

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