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Touch Me , Hear Me , Feel Me : Feedback Preferences for Mobile Text Entry

2013

Many mobile devices use touchscreens for text entry. They also provide vibration and audio feedback to simulate interaction with a physical keyboard. To facilitate design decisions of new mobile text entry methods, we conducted a survey and a user study to measure user’s feedback preference and the effect of feedback modes on typing performance. We found that nearly half of respondents prefer no aural or haptic feedback. In our study, feedback mode had no statistically significant effect on entry speed or accuracy. However, comments made by users suggest that feedback preference is due to situational factors, rather than performance considerations.

Investigation of the text entry speed and accuracy in mobile devices

Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies and Workshop for PhD Students in Computing - CompSysTech '09, 2009

INTRODUCTION The more rapid development of mobile technologies and the decreasing price of the mobile devices and services make them more accessible and preferred by a large group of users. Some of the main factors that have a significant impact on user interaction with ...

Feedback Preferences for Mobile Text Entry

2016

Abstract- Many mobile devices use touchscreens for text entry. They also provide vibration and audio feedback to simulate interaction with a physical keyboard. To facilitate design decisions of new mobile text entry methods, we conducted a survey and a user study to measure user’s feedback preference and the effect of feedback modes on typing performance. We found that nearly half of respondents prefer no aural or haptic feedback. In our study, feedback mode had no statistically significant effect on entry speed or accuracy. However, comments made by users suggest that feedback preference is due to situational factors, rather than performance considerations.

Text Input on Mobile Devices from Cultural and Educational Aspects

Tablet computers and other mobile devices are widely used in education and other life activities. However, touch screen keyboards are not adapted to languages using alphabets with more letters than the English alphabet has. In this paper, we analyze the existing keyboards on such devices for various languages, influence of keyboard usability on the number of typing errors, and propose keyboard design guidelines for non-English languages. As an example, the layout for the Lithuanian language keyboard (32 native letters and 3 foreign letters) has been presented here. The described solution is not strictly related to the peculiarities of the Lithuanian language alphabet (apart from the number of letters), therefore it is suitable for other languages using a similar number of letters.

Evaluation of User Interface Design and Input Methods for Applications on Mobile Touch Screen Devices

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2009

With the advent of touch screen phones, good UI design and simplified input methods for applications running on such devices are important factors that contribute to its popularity and success. The goal of this research is to evaluate different user interface designs and input methods for mobile phones with touch screen capability. In order to do this, two prototypes of a simple social networking application were implemented using a G1 phone that runs the Android platform. A user study has been conducted to compare different input techniques and UI designs and evaluate their usability.

Mobile Text-Entry and Visual Demands: Reusing and Optimizing Current Solutions

Purpose: Mobile devices are increasingly used for text entry in contexts where visual attention is fragmented and graphical information is inadequate, yet the current solutions to typing on virtual keyboards make it a visually-demanding task. This work looks at assistive technologies and interface attributes as tools to ease the task.

Two new mobile touchscreen text entry techniques

2010

This article introduces two new mobile touchscreen text entry techniques. One is timeout-based and the other is pressure-based. Also, this work examines the effects of tactile feedback on text entry techniques. Empirical comparisons between conventional and proposed techniques show that the new techniques, as well as tactile feedback, enhance overall text entry performance.

Mobile Text Entry: An empirical study and analysis of miniñQWERTY keyboards

2000

The mini{QWERTY keyboard is a mobile two{handed keyboard approximately the size of a mobile phone keypad. The keys are arranged in the same order as a desktop QWERTY keyboard. In this paper, we present two studies of mini{QWERTY keyboard use. The rst study is a longitudinal examination of the learning rates of 14 novice mini{QWERTY keyboard users, an analysis of