Performance optimizations of virtual keyboards for stroke-based text entry on a touch-based tabletop

UIST 2010 - 23rd ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 77-86

  Rick, Jochen ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fitts's law; Interactive tabletops; Keyboard layout; Shape writing; Touch input; Virtual keyboard

Indexed keywords

FITTS'S LAW; INTERACTIVE TABLETOP; KEYBOARD LAYOUT; SHAPE WRITING; TOUCH INPUT; VIRTUAL KEYBOARDS;

CHARACTER RECOGNITION; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS;

EID: 78649584297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1866029.1866043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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