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Treat people like computers?: designing usable systems for special people

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Extra-ordinary human-computer interaction: interfaces for users with disabilities

December 1995

Pages 283 - 295

Published: 01 December 1995 Publication History

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Thimbleby HCalder PRees M(2001)The computer science of everyday thingsProceedings of the 2nd Australasian conference on User interface10.5555/545646.545647(3-12)Online publication date: 29-Jan-2001
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/545646.545647
Thimbleby H(2001)The computer science of everyday thingsAustralian Computer Science Communications10.5555/545640.54564723:5(3-12)Online publication date: 25-Jan-2001
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/545640.545647
Abascal JCivit AHeller R(2001)Universal access to mobile telephony as a way to enhance the autonomy of elderly peopleProceedings of the 2001 EC/NSF workshop on Universal accessibility of ubiquitous computing: providing for the elderly10.1145/564526.564551(93-99)Online publication date: 22-May-2001
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/564526.564551
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Treat people like computers?: designing usable systems for special people
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Social and professional topics
  1. User characteristics
    1. People with disabilities

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Extra-ordinary human-computer interaction: interfaces for users with disabilities

December 1995

353 pages

ISBN:0521434130

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Alistair D. N. Edwards
Univ. of York, York, UK

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Cambridge University Press

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Published: 01 December 1995

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Thimbleby HCalder PRees M(2001)The computer science of everyday thingsProceedings of the 2nd Australasian conference on User interface10.5555/545646.545647(3-12)Online publication date: 29-Jan-2001
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/545646.545647
Thimbleby H(2001)The computer science of everyday thingsAustralian Computer Science Communications10.5555/545640.54564723:5(3-12)Online publication date: 25-Jan-2001
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/545640.545647
Abascal JCivit AHeller R(2001)Universal access to mobile telephony as a way to enhance the autonomy of elderly peopleProceedings of the 2001 EC/NSF workshop on Universal accessibility of ubiquitous computing: providing for the elderly10.1145/564526.564551(93-99)Online publication date: 22-May-2001
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