Recognition errors and recognizing errors: children writing on the tablet PC

Authors:
Janet Read;Emanuela Mazzone;Matthew Horton
Affiliations:
Child Computer Interaction Group, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK;Child Computer Interaction Group, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK;Child Computer Interaction Group, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
Venue:
INTERACT'05 Proceedings of the 2005 IFIP TC13 international conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Year:
2005

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Abstract

The paper describes a research study to determine the usability of handwriting recognition technology on a tablet PC for free writing by children. Results demonstrate that recognition error rates vary according to the metrics used, and the authors discuss how some of the errors are created concluding that the error rates say very little about what was happening at the interface and that with research of this type (novel interfaces and young users) researchers need to be immersed in the context in order to produce useful results.