Going to the dogs: Towards an interactive touchscreen interface for working dogs

UIST 2014 - Proceedings of the 27th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 497-508

  Zeagler, Clint ^a   Gilliland, Scott ^a   Freil, Larry ^a   Starner, Thad ^a   Jackson, Melody Moore ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal computer interaction; Assistance dog interface design; Fitts' law; Touchscreen interactions

Indexed keywords

TOUCH SCREENS;

ANIMAL-COMPUTER INTERACTIONS; COMPUTER-MEDIATED INTERACTIONS; FITTS' LAW; FUTURE DESIGNS; INTERFACE DESIGNS; TOUCH INTERACTION; TOUCH-SCREEN INTERACTION; TOUCHSCREEN INTERFACES;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84912049330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2642918.2647364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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