The ‘Keep In Touch’ Intergenerational Communication System
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In this paper, we briefly describe the design and implementation of the “Keep in Touch” (KiT) intergenerational communications system. The KiT system is a communications appliance aimed to support low-overhead, easy to use inter-household messaging and conferencing between family members and close friends. We discuss the original audio-messaging implementation of KiT and extensions to photo messaging and live audio conferencing.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006