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On-line personalization of a touch screen based keyboard

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Jonna Häkkilä,

Jani MäntyjärviAuthors Info & Claims

IUI '03: Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces

Pages 77 - 84

https://doi.org/10.1145/604045.604061

Published: 12 January 2003 Publication History

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The user expectations for usability and personalization along with decreasing size of handheld devices challenge traditional keypad layout design. We have developed a method for on-line adaptation of a touch pad keyboard layout. The method starts from an original layout and monitors the usage of the keyboard by recording and analyzing the keystrokes. An on-line learning algorithm subtly moves the keys according to the spatial distribution of keystrokes. In consequence, the keyboard matches better to the users physical extensions and grasp of the device, and makes the physical trajectories during typing more comfortable. We present two implementations that apply different vector quantization algorithms to produce an adaptive keyboard with visual on-line feedback. Both qualitative and quantitative results show that the changes in the keyboard are consistent, and related to the user's handedness and hand extensions. The testees found the on-line personalization positive. The method can either be applied for on-line personalization of keyboards or for ergonomics research

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IUI '03: Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces

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DOI:10.1145/604045

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