چکیده (انگلیسی):

The world has a vast population of illiterate people who cannot
read and write. There are globally about 781 million adults today who fall
into this category of illiterate population. The number is even higher for
computer illiterates, as not all literate masses qualify to be computer
literate due to various compelling factors prevailing. There has been a lot
of focus in recent times by both governmental and nongovernmental
agencies to extend the proliferation of ICT among computer illiterates,
especially in the rural areas. This focus is prevalent both worldwide and as
well as in India. India has around 37% of world’s illiterate population.
One of the major bottleneck and hindrance towards achieving penetration
objective is due to the lack of a suitable Human Computer Interface (HCI)
system addressing the specific needs of the computer illiterate section. In
this study, we discuss the various aspects of input devices for this
segment. We analyze the efficacy of a simplified numeric keypad as a
HCI in an information dissemination system for computer illiterates
specifically in the context of rural area usage.