An alternative information web for visually impaired users in developing countries

ASSETS'08: The 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 289-290

  Rajput, Nitendra ^a   Agarwal, Sheetal ^a   Kumar, Arun ^a   Nanavati, Amit Anil ^a  

^a IBM INDIA RESEARCH LAB   (India)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Information access; Visually impaired; World Wide Telecom Web

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INTERNET; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE SETS; WEBSITES;

ALTERNATIVE INFORMATIONS; BLIND USERS; DEVELOPING REGIONS; INFORMATION ACCESS; SCREEN READERS; USER STUDIES; VISUAL CONTROLS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED; VISUALLY-IMPAIRED USERS; VOICE INTERACTIONS; WORLD WIDE TELECOM WEB;

TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 62949094734     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1414471.1414542     Document Type: Conference Paper

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