Typing on Tap: Estimating a Finger-Worn One-Handed Chording Keyboard’s Text Entry Rate

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Tu ◽  
Angeline Vidhula Jeyachandra ◽  
Deepthi Nagesh ◽  
Naresh Prabhu ◽  
Thad Starner
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Technologies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Costas Boletsis ◽  
Stian Kongsvik

The drum-like virtual reality (VR) keyboard is a contemporary, controller-based interface for text input in VR that uses a drum set metaphor. The controllers are used as sticks which, through downward movements, “press” the keys of the virtual keyboard. In this work, a preliminary feasibility study of the drum-like VR keyboard is described, focusing on the text entry rate and accuracy as well as its usability and the user experience it offers. Seventeen participants evaluated the drum-like VR keyboard by having a typing session and completing a usability and a user experience questionnaire. The interface achieved a good usability score, positive experiential feedback around its entertaining and immersive qualities, a satisfying text entry rate (24.61 words-per-minute), as well as moderate-to-high total error rate (7.2%) that can probably be further improved in future studies. The work provides strong indications that the drum-like VR keyboard can be an effective and entertaining way to type in VR.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Outi Tuisku ◽  
Veikko Surakka ◽  
Ville Rantanen ◽  
Toni Vanhala ◽  
Jukka Lekkala

Face Interface is a wearable prototype that combines the use of voluntary gaze direction and facial activations, for pointing and selecting objects on a computer screen, respectively. The aim was to investigate the functionality of the prototype for entering text. First, three on-screen keyboard layout designs were developed and tested (n=10) to find a layout that would be more suitable for text entry with the prototype than traditional QWERTY layout. The task was to enter one word ten times with each of the layouts by pointing letters with gaze and select them by smiling. Subjective ratings showed that a layout with large keys on the edge and small keys near the center of the keyboard was rated as the most enjoyable, clearest, and most functional. Second, using this layout, the aim of the second experiment (n=12) was to compare entering text with Face Interface to entering text with mouse. The results showed that text entry rate for Face Interface was 20 characters per minute (cpm) and 27 cpm for the mouse. For Face Interface, keystrokes per character (KSPC) value was 1.1 and minimum string distance (MSD) error rate was 0.12. These values compare especially well with other similar techniques.


Author(s):  
Costas Boletsis ◽  
Stian Kongsvik

Existing consumer VR systems support text input using handheld controllers in combination with virtual keyboards and many designers have attempted to build on these widely used techniques. However, information on current and well-established VR text-input techniques is lacking. In this work, we conduct a comparative empirical evaluation of four controller-based VR text-input techniques, namely, raycasting, drum-like keyboard, head-directed input, and split keyboard. We focus on their text-entry rate and accuracy, usability, and user experience. Twenty-two participants evaluated the techniques by completing a typing session, answering usability and user-experience questionnaires, and participating in a semi-structured interview. The drum-like keyboard and the raycasting techniques stood out, achieving good usability scores, positive experiential feedback, satisfactory text-entry rates, and moderate error rates that can be reduced in future studies. The specific documented usability and experiential characteristics of the techniques are presented and discussed herein.


2014 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 995-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Horstmann Koester ◽  
Richard Callaghan Simpson ◽  
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Author(s):  
Thomas A. Ranney ◽  
G. H. Scott Baldwin ◽  
Ed Parmer ◽  
John Martin ◽  
Elizabeth N. Mazzae
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