Comparing reading processes on e-ink displays and print

Displays

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 268-273

  Siegenthaler, Eva ^a   Wurtz, Pascal ^a   Bergamin, Per ^a   Groner, Rudolf ^b  

^a Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences   (Switzerland)

^b Distance Learning University Switzerland   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Display; e ink technology; e reading; Eye movement; Legibility; Reading

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY; E-INK TECHNOLOGY; E-READING; LEGIBILITY; READING;

ELECTRON DEVICES; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; EYE MOVEMENTS; INK;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 80255131243     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.displa.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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