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http://dx.doi.org/10.21288/resko.2016.10.4.267

Accessibility Analysis of Android-based Smart Phones Targeted at People with Upper Limb Dysfunctions  

Kim, Kyung Sik (대구대학교 재활공학과)
Song, Byung Seop (대구대학교 재활공학과)
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Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology / v.10, no.4, 2016 , pp. 267-272 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the era of ultra high speed information communication technology represented by Smart phone and Tablet PC, the disable and the aged people came to be in a position of so-called 'relatively weak people' in the field of information communication due to inconvenience of use and difference in information acquisition and processing ability. Thus, a survey was conducted on Smart phone accessibility items based on previous studies of the disabled with crippled disorder, brain lesions, myelopathy and muscular disabilities having more inconvenience relatively in their use of smart phone due to upper limb dysfunctions. Especially, people with upper limb dysfunctions with relatively weak grip had big inconvenience in the conditions of uses requiring actions such as grabbing and rotating the devices, and due to the characteristics of touch screen input method of Smart phone, they had big inconvenience due to a lack of a guidance for keyboard in input. As a result of questionnaires by the type of disability, it turned out that severe myelopathy causes the most inconvenience in using smart phone.
Keywords
Android-based Smart Phone; People with Upper Limb Dysfunctions; Mobile Accessibility; Satisfaction accessibility standards; Information Communication Technology(ICT);
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