Improving accessibility of mobile devices with easywrite

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 135-150

  Godinho, Rui ^a   Condado, Paulo A ^a   Zacarias, Marielba ^a   Lobo, Fernando G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assistive technologies; cerebral palsy; mobile accessibility; motor disabilities; touch based entry method

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE DEVICES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CEREBRAL PALSY; MOBILE ACCESSIBILITIES; MOTOR DISABILITY; TOUCH-BASED ENTRY METHOD;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84920812779     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2014.981584     Document Type: Article

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