Accessibility evaluation of iPhone's user interface for visually impaired

Proceedings of the 13th IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications, IMSA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 164-167

  Rana, Mukhtar Masood ^a   Rana, Uzma ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Pervasive Technology Systems   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; iPhone; User interface; Visually impaired

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY EVALUATION; ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; CAMBRIDGE; DIRECT OBSERVATION; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; FOCUS GROUPS; IPHONE; PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGIES; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES; VISUALLY IMPAIRED; VISUALLY-IMPAIRED USERS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 77953974399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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