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Universal design for mobile phones: a case study

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Ornella Plos,

Stéphanie BuisineAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '06: CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1125451.1125681

Published: 21 April 2006 Publication History

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In this paper we describe a case study of Universal Design applied to mobile phone physical devices. Using a user-centered design process, we tried to integrate visually-impaired, hearing-impaired and elderly peoples' needs to design mock-ups adapted in terms of usability and design style.

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CHI EA '06: CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2006

1914 pages

ISBN:1595932984

DOI:10.1145/1125451

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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Google, USA

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