Evaluation of Keystroke Savings across Five Assistive Communication Technologies

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 258-272

  Jeffery Higginbotham, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

abbreviation expansion; aided approaches; assistive devices; augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); efficiency; keystroke savings; lexicon; physical disability; prediction, spelling; technology; text composition; vocabulary selection; writing aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961467748     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619212331276303     Document Type: Article

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