Efficiency of the Chubon versus the QWERTY Keyboard

Assistive Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-45

  Anson, Denis ^a   George, Stacey ^a   Galup, Richard ^a   Shea, Bridget ^a   Vetter, Ryan ^a  

^a University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative pattern; Assistive technology; Chubon; Computer access; Keyboard redefinition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; SELF HELP; ACCURACY; ADULT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; ERROR; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KEYBOARD; LEARNING; MICROCOMPUTER; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RESEARCH; VELOCITY;

COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

BIOMECHANICS;

CHUBON KEYBOARD;

TYPEWRITER KEYBOARDS;

EID: 0035754021     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2001.10132032     Document Type: Article

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