Evaluation of tactile fonts for use by a visually impaired elderly population

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 6, Issue 42038, 2004, Pages 111-134

  Chepaitis, Andrew ^a   Griffiths, Fuzz ^a   Wyatt, Harry ^a   O’connell, William ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Braille; ELIA; reading; Seniors; tactile font

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955081332     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13882350490886645     Document Type: Article

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