Web mobility guidelines for visually impaired surfers

Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-41

  Harper, Simon ^a   Goble, Carole ^a   Stevens, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Hypertext; Mobility; User agents; Visually impaired

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747231134     PISSN: 1443458X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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