BlinkWrite: Efficient text entry using eye blinks

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-80

  MacKenzie, I S ^a   Ashtiani, Behrooz ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assistive technologies; Blink typing; Eye typing; Hands free text entry; Scanning ambiguous keyboard

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BLINK TYPING; COMMUNICATION GATEWAY; EYE BLINK; EYE TRACKING SYSTEMS; EYE TYPING; HANDS FREE TEXT-ENTRY; HANDS-FREE; NEW FORMS; SINGLE INPUT; TEXT ENTRY; TEXT ENTRY SYSTEMS; USER STUDY;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SCANNING;

EID: 79952101964     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-010-0188-6     Document Type: Article

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