Smartphone Text Input Method Performance, Usability, and Preference with Younger and Older Adults

Human Factors

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1015-1028

  Smith, Amanda L ^a   Chaparro, Barbara S ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age; keyboard; mobile devices; shape writing; touch screen; voice recognition

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; MOBILE COMPUTING; SMARTPHONES; SPEECH RECOGNITION; TOUCH SCREENS;

HANDWRITING INPUT; HIGH DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; INPUT METHODS; KEYBOARD; OLDER ADULTS; PERCEIVED USABILITY; TEXT INPUT METHODS; USER PERFORMANCE;

TEXT MESSAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORD PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941111107     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720815575644     Document Type: Article

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