Empirical validation of the Windows® accessibility settings and multimodal feedback for a menu selection task for users with Diabetic Retinopathy

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 419-434

  Jacko, J A ^a   Barnard, L ^a   Yi, J S ^a   Edwards, P J ^a   Leonard, V K ^a   Kongnakorn, T ^a   Moloney, K P ^a   Sainfort, F ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

MULTIMODAL FEEDBACK;

VISION;

EID: 29144471181     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290512331335627     Document Type: Article

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