TRAZO: a tool to acquire handwriting skills using tablet-PC devices

  • Authors:
  • Alberto deDiego-Cottinelli;Beatriz Barros

  • Affiliations:
  • Universidad de Málaga, Bulevar Louis Pasteur, Málaga, España;Universidad de Málaga, Bulevar Louis Pasteur, Málaga, España

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to describe TRAZO, a system aimed at the acquisition of handwriting skills using tablet-PC devices. This tool focuses on the pre-writing phase and is aimed at 3-year-old children, who practice different strokes following a sequence defined by the teacher. They usually draw straight lines first, then curves, and then move on to a combination of both. The system evaluates the exercises automatically, maintains a user model and includes a monitoring tool to show the learning processes graphically. The aim is to achieve hand coordination, visual perception; to learn to grip the pencil properly, and to practice the direction and pressure of the pencil (or any other object used to write).