The effect of previous exposure to technology on acceptance and its importance in usability and accessibility engineering

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-260

  Holzinger, Andreas ^a   Searle, Gig ^a   Wernbacher, Michaela ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Acceptance; Previous experience; Previous knowledge; Technology acceptance model; Usability metrics

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABILITY; ACCEPTANCE; PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE; PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; USABILITY METRICS;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; STANDARDIZATION; TESTING; USABILITY ENGINEERING; VISION;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79960619890     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-010-0212-x     Document Type: Article

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