printr: Exploring the Potential of Paper-based Tools in Low-resource Settings

printr: Exploring the Potential of Paper-based Tools in Low-resource Settings, Chen, J., Abouzied, A., Hutchful, D., Ming, J., & Ghosh, I. (2016, June). In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, (p. 23). ACM.

Despite the recent push toward using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to replace paper-based workflows, there remain many barriers to designing appropriate and deployable ICT solutions that replace paper. As a result, paper tools such as forms, charts, and graphs continue to be widely used, especially in developing regions…In this paper, we investigate how paper tools can be improved and combined with ICTs so that low-resource organizations working in developing regions can benefit…

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