Text-free user interfaces for illiterate and semi-literate users

2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development, ICTD2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 72-82

  Medhi, Indrani ^a   Sagar, Aman ^b   Toyama, Kentaro ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH INDIA   (India)

^b National Institute of Design   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnographic design; Illiterate; Text free; Usability; User interface

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; GRAPHIC METHODS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PROCESS DESIGN; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY; USER INTERFACES;

APPLICATION DESIGN; BANGALORE; COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DESIGN PROCESSES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ITC); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; JOB SEARCH; TEXT BASED INTERFACES; USER TESTING;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 47649090389     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2006.301841     Document Type: Conference Paper

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