Text entry with KeyScretch

  • Authors:
  • Gennaro Costagliola;Vittorio Fuccella;Michele Di Capua

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy;University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy;Unlimited Software, Napoli, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

KeyScretch is a recently proposed text entry method which makes use of gestures to input frequent word chunks on a menu-augmented soft keyboard. Each gesture is initiated on a key and is driven by the key surrounding menu. In this paper we present the performance of an instance of the method with a 4-items menu, specifically designed for the Italian language. The study shows that the method is easy to learn and significantly outperforms the traditional tapping-based method on the QWERTY layout.