The design and field evaluation of PhotoTalk: A digital image communication application for people with aphasia

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 187-194

  Allen, Meghan ^a   McGrenere, Joanna ^a   Purves, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AAC devices; Aphasia; Cognitive disability; Evaluation; Field study; Mobile technology; Participatory design

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DISABILITY; FIELD STUDEIS; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN;

FEEDBACK; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MOBILE DEVICES;

IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 42149145295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1296843.1296876     Document Type: Conference Paper

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