RearType: Text entry using keys on the back of a device

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 171-179

  Scott, James ^a   Izadi, Shahram ^a   Rezai, Leila Sadat ^b   Ruszkowski, Dominika ^c   Bi, Xiaojun ^c   Balakrishnan, Ravin ^c  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

keyboard; mobile devices; tablet pc; text entry

Indexed keywords

KEYBOARD; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LEARNING CURVES; ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD; PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATIONS; REVERSE SIDE; SOFTWARE VISUALIZATION; TABLET PCS; TEXT ENTRY; TEXT INPUT SYSTEM; TOUCH-SCREEN KEYBOARDS; TYPING SPEED; VISUAL OUTPUTS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; VISUALIZATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 78249264452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1851600.1851630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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