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Special Issue: Contemporary Controversies and Challenges

Developing accessible technologies for a changing world: understanding how people with vision impairment use smartphones

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Pages 111-128 | Received 30 Sep 2020, Accepted 18 Jun 2021, Published online: 07 Aug 2021

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