New interaction paradigms to fight the digital divide: A pilot case study regarding multi-touch technology

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 128-137

  Carvalho, Diana ^a   Bessa, Maximino ^a   Oliveira, Lia ^b   Guedes, Carlos ^a,c   Peres, Emanuel ^a   Magalhães, Luís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ATM; Digital divide; HCI; Interaction paradigms; Multi touch; Natural user interfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897990900     PISSN: 18770509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2012.10.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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