Chording with spatial mnemonics: Automatic error correction for eyes-free text entry

Journal of Information Science and Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1015-1031

  Sandnes, Frode Eika ^a   Huang, Yo Ping ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chording; Error correction; Eyes free operation; Miniature device; Mobile text entry; Spatial mnemonics; Visually impaired users

Indexed keywords

CHORDING; EYES-FREE OPERATION; MINIATURE DEVICES; MOBILE TEXT ENTRY; SPATIAL MNEMONICS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED USERS;

ERROR CORRECTION; FEEDBACK; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; REDUNDANCY;

TEXT PROCESSING;

EID: 33749571120     PISSN: 10162364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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