Comparing semiliterate and illiterate users' ability to transition from audio+text to text-only interaction

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1751-1760

  Findlater, Leah ^a   Balakrishnan, Ravin ^b   Toyama, Kentaro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Development; ICT4D; Inclusive design; Literacy; Semiliteracy

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DEVELOPMENT; ICT4D; INCLUSIVE DESIGN; LITERACY; SEMILITERACY;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; ERGONOMICS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 84862105551     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1518701.1518971     Document Type: Conference Paper

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