Performance models for virtual scanning keyboards: Reducing user involvement in the design

2007 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bhattacharya, Samit ^a   Basu, Anupam ^a   Samanta, Debasis ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Augmentative communication; Fitts' Digraph model; Focus movement time; Scanning and access switches; Virtual keyboards

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION; FITTS'-DIGRAPH MODEL; FOCUS MOVEMENT TIME; SCANNING AND ACCESS SWITCHES; VIRTUAL KEYBOARDS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; DESIGN; GRAPH THEORY; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; TIME SWITCHES;

SCANNING;

EID: 67650565672     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2007.4937405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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