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Smartphone adoption drivers and challenges in urban living: Cases from Seoul and Bangalore

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Anandhi Viswanathan,

Ji-Hye SongAuthors Info & Claims

IndiaHCI '16: Proceedings of the 8th Indian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Pages 24 - 34

https://doi.org/10.1145/3014362.3014364

Published: 07 December 2016 Publication History

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This survey of 101 working-age professionals in Seoul, South Korea, and Bangalore, India, examines the drivers and impediments in the adoption and use of smartphonesamong visually impaired residents in two urban settings. Using in-depth interviews with 10 respondents in each city, we found three factors that influence technology use.These are the initial transition experience, the role of the community in supporting accessibility, and the mobile device's relationship to independence in accessible technology use.These in turn are related to ways in which the capabilities of a device and its broader environment such as its apps relate to social interactions such as transit navigation and economic opportunities. Through the voices of visually impaired mobile users in both countries, we propose that designers examine mobile technologies within a broader context thatincludesa device's usability for individuals and extends to the social networks and public spaces and institutions that these devices facilitate access to.

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