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LiquidText: a flexible, multitouch environment to support active reading

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Craig S. Tashman,

W. Keith EdwardsAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '11: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 3285 - 3294

https://doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1979430

Published: 07 May 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Active reading, involving acts such as highlighting, writing notes, etc., is an important part of knowledge workers' activities. Most computer-based active reading support seeks to replicate the affordances of paper, but paper has limitations, being in many ways inflexible. In this paper we introduce LiquidText, a computer-based active reading system that takes a fundamentally different approach, offering a flexible, fluid document representation built on multitouch input, with a range of interaction techniques designed to facilitate the activities of active reading. We report here on our design for LiquidText, its interactions and gesture vocabulary, and our design process, including formative user evaluations which helped shape the final system.

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LiquidText: a flexible, multitouch environment to support active reading
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
    2. Interaction paradigms

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CHI '11: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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DOI:10.1145/1978942

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