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Non-keyboard QWERTY touch typing: a portable input interface for the mobile user

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Mikael Goldstein,

Gunilla Alsiö,

Silvia TessaAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '99: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 32 - 39

https://doi.org/10.1145/302979.302984

Published: 01 May 1999 Publication History

Abstract

Using traditional mobile input devices results in decreased effectiveness and efficiency. To improve usability issues a portable Non-Keyboard QWERTY touch-typing paradigm that supports the mobile touch-typing user is presented and investigated. It requires negligible training time. Pressure sensors strapped to the fingertips of gloves detect which finger is depressed. A language model based on lexical and syntactic knowledge transforms the depressed finger stroke sequence into real words and sentences. Different mobile input QWERTY paradigms (miniaturised, floating and Non-Keyboard) have been compared with full-size QWERTY. Among the mobile input paradigms, the Non-Keyboard fared significantly better, both regarding character error rate and subjective ratings.

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Index Terms

Non-keyboard QWERTY touch typing: a portable input interface for the mobile user
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing theory, concepts and paradigms
      1. Computer supported cooperative work
  2. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing and business
      1. Computer supported cooperative work

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