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dc.contributor.authorSankhi, Prakash
dc.contributor.authorSandnes, Frode Eika
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-11T07:56:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-17T12:38:17Z
dc.date.available2020-12-11T07:56:23Z
dc.date.available2021-02-17T12:38:17Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-12
dc.identifier.citationSankhi, Sandnes. A glimpse into smartphone screen reader use among blind teenagers in rural Nepal. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. 2020en
dc.identifier.issn1748-3107
dc.identifier.issn1748-3115
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/9593
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Access to appropriate assistive technology is a challenge worldwide and especially in low GDPper-capita countries. Nepal is one example of a country with several coinciding challenges: some claim having a high rate of blindness in the general population, a low-GDP-per capita and some studies claim it has a low literacy rate, especially in rural areas. Without appropriate assistive technology, some disabled youth may not get full access to education. Methods: To gain insight into assistive technology use in rural Nepal, five blind teenagers in a mixed secondary school with disabled and non-disabled students in rural Nepal were interviewed about their daily smartphone use. Results: The results show that all the participants used screen readers on donated smartphones. None of the participants had received formal training in using smartphone screen readers and therefore lacked knowledge about basic and essential operational aspects of the devices as well as misguided expectations about the technology. Conclusions: One implication of the findings is that smartphone accessibility features training material needs to be made easily available to schools and all disabled youth worldwide, as smartphones are increasingly becoming available in low-income remote regions with low literacy rates. The built-in accessibility features of smartphones promise disabled youth a non-stigmatizing platform for social participation and access to the information society.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDisability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology;
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Licenseen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectBlindnessen
dc.subjectVisual impairmentsen
dc.subjectSmartphonesen
dc.subjectScreen readersen
dc.subjectNepalen
dc.subjectLow-GDP per-capita countriesen
dc.subjectInclusionen
dc.titleA glimpse into smartphone screen reader use among blind teenagers in rural Nepalen
dc.typeAcademic articleen
dc.date.updated2020-12-11T07:56:23Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2020.1818298
dc.identifier.cristin1837941
dc.source.journalDisability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology


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