Bridging communications across the digital divide

dc.contributor.authorBlake, Edwin H.
dc.contributor.authorTucker, William David
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-15T11:29:34Z
dc.date.available2013-05-15T11:29:34Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractConnecting people across the Digital Divide is as much a social effort as a technological one. We are developing a community-centered approach to learn how interaction techniques can compensate for poor communication across the Digital Divide. We have incorporated the lessons learnt regarding Social Intelligence Design in an (abstract) device called the SoftBridge. The device allows information to flow from endpoints through adapters (getting converted if necessary), and out to destination endpoints. Field trials are underway with two communities in South Africa, disadvantaged deaf users and an isolated rural community. First lessons learned show that we have to design user interfaces that allow users to understand and cope with delay (latency) as a necessary consequence of our approach.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTelkom, Siemens, THRIP, NRF, SANPADen_US
dc.identifier.citationBlake, E. H., & Tucker, W. D. (2004). Bridging communications across the digital divide. In A. Nijholt & T. Nishida (eds), 3rd Workshop on Social Intelligence Design, pp. 29–38, Enschede, Netherlands: CTITen_US
dc.identifier.isbn90-75296-12-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/617
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherCTITen_US
dc.rightsCopyright CTIT. This file may be freely used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Acknowledgement of the authors and the source is required.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectCommunity-centreden_US
dc.subjectDigital divideen_US
dc.subjectInformation societyen_US
dc.subjectMultimodalen_US
dc.subjectUser interfaceen_US
dc.subjectUser-centred designen_US
dc.titleBridging communications across the digital divideen_US
dc.typeConference Proceedingsen_US

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