AudioBrowser: A mobile browsable information access for the visually impaired

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-22

  Chen, Xiaoyu ^a   Tremaine, Marilyn ^a   Lutz, Robert ^a   Chung, Jae Woo ^b   Lacsina, Patrick ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audio tactile interface; AudioBrowser; Information accessibility; Mobile information browser; Non visual interfaces for the blind and the visually impaired

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745875291     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-006-0019-y     Document Type: Review

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