Amail: Design and evaluation of an accessible email tool for persons with aphasia

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 351-374

  Al Mahmud, Abdullah ^a   Martens, Jean Bernard ^b  

^a FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aphasia; assistive technology; contextual interview; email; storytelling

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

APHASIA; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; COLLECTING SYSTEMS; CONTEXTUAL INTERVIEW; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; EMAIL COMMUNICATION; ITERATIVE DESIGN; STORYTELLING;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 84881448735     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/iwc/iws025     Document Type: Article

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