Shake 'n' Tap : a gesture enhanced keyboard for older adults

Dunlop, Mark and Komninos, Andreas and Nicol, Emma and Hamilton, Iain; (2014) Shake 'n' Tap : a gesture enhanced keyboard for older adults. In: MobileHCI '14. ACM, New York, pp. 525-530. ISBN 9781450330046 (https://doi.org/10.1145/2628363.2634227)

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Abstract

The need for text entry on smartphones and other touch-screen devices is key for many tasks and also a key factor in the usability of these devices. Physical and cognitive issues associated with age can aggravate the task of text entry for older adults. Technological exclusion due to low usability can present a significant problem both for social and ongoing business-related tasks with older adults. This paper investigates a new touch-screen keyboard design for older adults that combines the familiar QWERTY keyboard layout with physical gesture. User studies with older adults showed our keyboard reduced miss-taps, but was slower to use, and raised issues for further research.

ORCID iDs

Dunlop, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3668-485X, Komninos, Andreas, Nicol, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1729-1345 and Hamilton, Iain;
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:50761
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    September 2014
    Published
    14 July 2014
    Accepted
    Notes:. © ACM, 2014. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices & Services, (2014), http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2628363.2634227
    Keywords:text entry , HCI, mobile human-computer interaction, SMS, touchscreen usability, mobile devices, older adults, Electronic computers. Computer science, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors and Ergonomics
    Subjects:Science > Mathematics > Electronic computers. Computer science
    Department:Faculty of Science > Computer and Information Sciences
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:10 Dec 2014 15:04
    Last modified:03 Dec 2022 04:16
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/50761
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