Improving deaf users' accessibility in hypertext information retrieval: Are graphical interfaces useful for them?

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 455-467

  Fajardo, I ^a   Canas J J ^b   Salmeron L ^b   Abascal, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deafness; Graphical user interface; Semantic memory; Web accessibility

Indexed keywords

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS;

DEAFNESS; HYPERTEXT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (HIR); SEMANTIC MEMORY; WEB ACCESSIBILITY;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751162819     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290500331180     Document Type: Article

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