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A glimpse of mobile text entry errors and corrective behaviour in the wild

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Andreas Komninos,

Mark Dunlop,

Kyriakos Katsaris,

John GarofalakisAuthors Info & Claims

MobileHCI '18: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct

Pages 221 - 228

https://doi.org/10.1145/3236112.3236143

Published: 03 September 2018 Publication History

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Research in mobile text entry has long focused on speed and input errors during lab studies. However, little is known about how input errors emerge in real-world situations or how users deal with these. We present findings from an in-the-wild study of everyday text entry and discuss their implications for future studies.

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MobileHCI '18: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct

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