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Issues Surrounding the User-centred Development of a New Interactive Memory Aid

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At the beginning of this research, a participant who lives with memory loss every day of his life attempted to explain what he wanted in a memory aid. “Imagine a memory which is outside you and responsive to you but doesn’t control you.” This, then was the challenge: to design an effective aid which would be a natural extension to the memory which you and I do not realise just how much we depend upon.

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Inglis, E. et al. (2002). Issues Surrounding the User-centred Development of a New Interactive Memory Aid. In: Keates, S., Langdon, P., Clarkson, P.J., Robinson, P. (eds) Universal Access and Assistive Technology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3719-1_17

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