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Mobile HCI 2004: Mobile Human-Computer Interaction - MobileHCI 2004 pp 156–167Cite as

Mobile Note Taking: Investigating the Efficacy of Mobile Text Entry

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When designing interaction techniques for mobile devices we must ensure users are able to safely navigate through their physical environment while interacting with their mobile device. Non-speech audio has proven effective at improving interaction on mobile devices by allowing users to maintain visual focus on environmental navigation while presenting information to them via their audio channel. The research described here builds on this to create an audio-enhanced single-stroke-based text entry facility that demands as little visual resource as possible. An evaluation of the system demonstrated that users were more aware of their errors when dynamically guided by audio-feedback. The study also highlighted the effect of handwriting style and mobility on text entry; designers of handwriting recognizers and of applications involving mobile note taking can use this fundamental knowledge to further develop their systems to better support the mobility of mobile text entry.

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  1. National Research Council of Canada, IIT e-Business, 46 Dineen Drive, Fredericton, E3B 9W4, New Brunswick, Canada

    Joanna Lumsden

  2. Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5A3, Canada

    Andrew Gammell

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  1. Glasgow Interactive Systems Group, Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, UK

    Stephen Brewster

  2. Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, G1 1XH, Glasgow, Scotland

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Lumsden, J., Gammell, A. (2004). Mobile Note Taking: Investigating the Efficacy of Mobile Text Entry. In: Brewster, S., Dunlop, M. (eds) Mobile Human-Computer Interaction - MobileHCI 2004. Mobile HCI 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3160. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-28637-0_14

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