Effect of key size and activation area on the performance of a regional error correction method in a touch-screen QWERTY keyboard

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 888-893

  Kwon, Sunghyuk ^a   Lee, Donghun ^a   Chung, Min K ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Activation area; Key size; Regional error correction; Text entry; Touch screen

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION AREA; KEY SIZE; REGIONAL ERROR CORRECTION; TEXT ENTRY; TOUCH-SCREEN;

COMPETITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; KEYS (FOR LOCKS); MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ERROR CORRECTION;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KEYBOARD; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; TIME; TOUCH; VELOCITY;

EID: 68349126787     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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