Title

An investigation of text throughput speeds associated with pocket PC input method editors

Authors

Authors

P. M. Commarford

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Int. J. Hum.-Comput. Interact.

Keywords

SOFT KEYBOARDS; ENTRY; Computer Science, Cybernetics; Ergonomics

Abstract

Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are becoming increasingly popular in the United States and elsewhere. These devices are small, lightweight, and extremely mobile. One of the biggest drawbacks of PDAs has been the slow speed at which data can be entered. Researchers have studied the rates at which individuals can enter uncorrected text to a PDA using Palm OS software (Graffiti and the virtual keyboard). However, this is the first investigation of the speed at which users can enter corrected text to a PDA running Microsoft Windows CE. The results indicate that users are faster with the virtual keyboard than with the letter recognizer. Despite performance differences, users did not indicate greater satisfaction with the soft keyboard or the letter recognizer.

Journal Title

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volume

17

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

293

Last Page

308

WOS Identifier

WOS:000224791500001

ISSN

1044-7318

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