Shake 'n' Tap: a gesture enhanced keyboard for older adults

Mark Dunlop; Andreas Komninos; Emma Nicol; Iain Hamilton

doi:10.1145/2628363.2634227

Shake 'n' Tap: a gesture enhanced keyboard for older adults

Mark Dunlop, Andreas Komninos, Emma Nicol, Iain Hamilton

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Abstract

The need for text entry on smartphones and other touch-screen devices is key for many tasks and also a key factor in the usability of these devices. Physical and cognitive issues associated with age can aggravate the task of text entry for older adults. Technological exclusion due to low usability can present a significant problem both for social and ongoing business-related tasks with older adults. This paper investigates a new touch-screen keyboard design for older adults that combines the familiar QWERTY keyboard layout with physical gesture. User studies with older adults showed our keyboard reduced miss-taps, but was slower to use, and raised issues for further research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MobileHCI '14
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices & Services
Place of Publication	New York
Pages	525-530
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2628363.2634227
Publication status	Published - Sept 2014

Keywords

text entry
HCI
mobile human-computer interaction
SMS
touchscreen usability
mobile devices
older adults

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