Designing new technologies for illiterate populations: A study in mobile phone interface design

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 574-586

  Lalji, Zereh ^a   Good, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive interface; Audio visual interface; Illiterate users; Learner centred design; Mobile phone; User centred design

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ADAPTIVE INTERFACE; AUDIOVISUAL INTERFACES; DEVELOPING NATIONS; ILLITERATE USERS; INCREMENTAL DESIGNS; LEARNER-CENTRED DESIGN; LIFE EXPERIENCES; MOBILE PHONE INTERFACES;

USER CENTERED DESIGN;

EID: 56549124913     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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