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Is Touch-Based Text Input Practical for a Smartwatch?

Authors : Barbara S. Chaparro, Jibo He, Colton Turner, Kirsten Turner

Published in: HCI International 2015 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The use of smartwatches is increasing exponentially as is consumer interest. Currently, smartwatches offer the ability to read text messages, notifications, and email once they are synchronized with a smartphone. Text input, however, is limited to voice or predefined response phrases and no input keyboard is typically provided. A general consensus is that the interface of a smartwatch may be too small to implement a QWERTY keyboard. This study examined user performance and acceptance with two commercially available QWERTY keyboards, Swype and Fleksy, on a smartwatch. Contrary to the suspicion about the small screen of a smartwatch for text input, results indicate users can type accurately at speeds averaging 20–30 words per minute after brief practice, which is comparable to the typing speed of novice smartphone users.

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Metadata
Title
Is Touch-Based Text Input Practical for a Smartwatch?
Authors
Barbara S. Chaparro
Jibo He
Colton Turner
Kirsten Turner
Copyright Year
2015
Book
HCI International 2015 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-21382-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-21383-5

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21383-5_1