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The LoCoS universal visible language developed by the graphic/sign designer Yukio Ota in Japan in 1964 may serve as a usable, useful, and appealing basis for a mobile phone applications that can provide capabilities for communication among people who do not share a spoken language. User-interface design issues including display and input are discussed in conjunction with prototype screens showing the use of LoCoS for a mobile phone.
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Marcus, A. (2007). m-LoCoS UI: A Universal Visible Language for Global Mobile Communication. In: Jacko, J.A. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. HCI Intelligent Multimodal Interaction Environments. HCI 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4552. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73110-8_16
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