Observing sara: A case study of a blind person's interactions with technology

ASSETS'07: Proceedings of the Ninth International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 171-178

  Shinohara, Kristen ^a   Tenenberg, Josh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Technology biographies; User sensitive inclusive design

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY BIOGRAPHIES; USER SENSITIVE INCLUSIVE DESIGN;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; USER INTERFACES;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 42149086552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1296843.1296873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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