• DocumentCode
    1785994
  • Title

    Visual interfaces as an approach for providing mobile services and mobile content to low literate users in South Africa

  • Author

    Matyila, Muzi ; Botha, Adele ; Alberts, Ronell ; Sibiya, George

  • Author_Institution
    Meraka Inst., Tshwane, South Africa
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    7-9 May 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    12
  • Abstract
    Mobile services and mobile content is available to diverse users in possession of the necessary mobile phones. However, some of the mobile services and mobile content is text intensive and this discounts low literate users in participation in the related mobile applications. Exploring typical challenges experienced by low literate users and adapting these mobile applications using visual interfaces can provide low literate users with usable access to mobile services and mobile content.
  • Keywords
    mobile computing; mobile handsets; user interfaces; South Africa; low literate users; mobile applications; mobile content; mobile phones; mobile services; visual interfaces; Market research; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Operating systems; Sociology; Statistics; Visualization; Mobile service; low literate user; mobile content; visual interface;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IST-Africa Conference Proceedings, 2014
  • Conference_Location
    Le Meridien Ile Maurice
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-905824-43-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880655
  • Filename
    6880655