Metro navigation for the blind

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 970-981

  Sánchez, Jaime ^a   Sáenz, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Navigation; Orientation and mobility; People who are blind

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE TASK; COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; CONTROL GROUPS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; METRO SYSTEM; SANTIAGO DE CHILE; SOFTWARE PROGRAM; TWO-SAMPLE TESTS;

NAVIGATION;

SUBWAYS;

EID: 77955550789     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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