Adapting usability testing for oral, rural users

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1437-1440

  Gorman, Trina ^a   Rose, Emma ^b   Yaaqoubi, Judith ^b   Bayor, Andrew ^a   Kolko, Beth ^b  

^a Literacy Bridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Audio technology; ICTD; Illiteracy; Methodologies; Oral cultures; Standards; Usability testing; User centered design

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

AUDIO TECHNOLOGIES; EVALUATING SYSTEMS; ICTD; ILLITERACY; METHODOLOGY; ORAL CULTURE; RURAL USERS; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES; USABILITY METHODS; USABILITY TESTING;

USER CENTERED DESIGN;

EID: 79958079831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1978942.1979153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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