EdgeWrite: A stylus-based text entry method designed for high accuracy and stability of motion

UIST: Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Softaware and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 61-70

  Wobbrock, Jacob O ^a   Myers, Brad A ^a   Kembel, John A ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Computer access; Corners; Edges; Gesture recognition; Graffiti; Handhelds; Motor impairments; Palm; PDAs; Pebbles; Text entry; Text input; Unistrokes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHARACTER RECOGNITION; COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; ERRORS; GESTURE RECOGNITION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER ACCESS; CORNERS; GRAFFITI; HANDHELDS; MOTOR IMPAIRMENTS; PALM; TEXT ENTRY; TEXT INPUT; UNISTROKES;

TEXT PROCESSING;

EID: 11044235089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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