A novel multimodal interface for improving visually impaired people's web accessibility

Virtual Reality

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 133-148

  Yu, Wai ^a   Kuber, Ravi ^a   Murphy, Emma ^a   Strain, Philip ^a   McAllister, Graham ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Audio; Haptics; Multimodal interface; Web accessibility; Web navigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044459561     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-005-0009-z     Document Type: Article

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