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Social Interaction Screen. Making Social Networking Services Accessible for Elderly People

Social Interaction Screen. Making Social Networking Services Accessible for Elderly People AbstractSocial Networking Services could strengthen social ties between elderly people and families and friends. Due to the implications of aging and technical barriers existing user interfaces prove to be too complex and therefore not appropriate for most of the elderly. The goal of this paper is to present a holistic solution to enhance accessibility to Social Networks for elderly people. The solution combines an adapted (tablet) hardware, an adapted graphical user interface, and an adapted middleware for accessing the Social Networks. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png i-com de Gruyter

Social Interaction Screen. Making Social Networking Services Accessible for Elderly People

i-com , Volume 11 (3): 5 – Nov 1, 2012

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Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
© by Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, München, Germany
ISSN
2196-6826
eISSN
2196-6826
DOI
10.1524/icom.2012.0030
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Abstract

AbstractSocial Networking Services could strengthen social ties between elderly people and families and friends. Due to the implications of aging and technical barriers existing user interfaces prove to be too complex and therefore not appropriate for most of the elderly. The goal of this paper is to present a holistic solution to enhance accessibility to Social Networks for elderly people. The solution combines an adapted (tablet) hardware, an adapted graphical user interface, and an adapted middleware for accessing the Social Networks.

Journal

i-comde Gruyter

Published: Nov 1, 2012

Keywords: Social Interaction Screen; Social Networking Services; Ambient Assisted Living; Elderly People

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