Universal access to information services—the need for user information and its relationship to device profiles

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-95

  Velasco, Carlos A ^a   Mohamad, Yehya ^a   Gilman, Alfred S ^b   Viorres, Nikos ^c   Vlachogiannis, Evangelos ^c   Arnellos, Argyris ^c   Darzentas, Jenny S ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FIT   (Germany)

^b Department of Product and Systems Design University of the Aegean ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Internet; Universal access; Usability; User interface

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MOBILE DEVICES; STANDARDIZATION;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CONTENT ADAPTATION; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; INFORMATION PROVIDER; INTERACTION MODES; PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS; UNIVERSAL ACCESS; USABILITY;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 35048885917     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-003-0075-5     Document Type: Article

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