Performance study on touch-pens size in three screen tasks

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-158

  Wu, Fong Gong ^a   Luo, Shuyi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pen design; Screen task; Touch pen

Indexed keywords

DRAWING (GRAPHICS); ERGONOMICS;

PEN DESIGN; SCREEN TASK; TOUCH-PEN;

TACTILE READING AIDS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH PEN;

EID: 28844468960     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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