Designing search engine user interfaces for the visually impaired

Proceedings of the International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility 2004, W4A at the World Wide Web Conference, WWW2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 57-66

  Leporini, Barbara ^a   Andronico, Patrizia ^b   Buzzi, Marina ^b  

^a ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Search engine; Usability; User interface design

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION USE; INTERNET; USER INTERFACES;

ASSESIBILITY; USABILITY; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 27644465234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/990657.990668     Document Type: Conference Paper

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