Providing adaptive smartphone interfaces targeted at elderly people: an approach that takes into account diversity among the elderly

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 129-149

  Gonçalves, Vinícius P ^a   de Almeida Neris, Vânia P ^b   Seraphini, Sibelius ^a   Dias, Teresa C M ^b   Pessin, Gustavo ^c   Johnson, Thienne ^d   Ueyama, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Evaluation; Framework; Mobile devices; Reconfigurable middleware; Tailorable interfaces

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MIDDLEWARE; MOBILE DEVICES; POPULATION STATISTICS; SMARTPHONES;

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; DIGITAL INCLUSION; ELDERLY; ELDERLY POPULATIONS; EVALUATION; FRAMEWORK; RECONFIGURABLE; USER SATISFACTION;

SIGNAL ENCODING;

EID: 84944629165     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-015-0429-9     Document Type: Article

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