Literacy, Language and the Mobile Phone User Interface

This research group in IDC, IIT Bombay aims to inform design of mobile phone interfaces in the context of literacy and language barriers in India. The group investigates strategies, opinions, perceptions, problems and solutions in the space of semi-literate and illiterate mobile phone users and people using mobile phone interfaces in a language that they do not use otherwise. The group is supported by Nokia.

Projects

Railway tickets on mobile phones | Input on mobile phones in Devanagari | More...

Prior Work

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Learnings

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