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(similar disclaimer: I've done a bunch of text input work for mobile) That phrase set was explicitly designed for text entry (typing) experiments. While not op
by kentlyons 10y ago
(similar disclaimer: I've done a bunch of text input work for mobile)
That phrase set was explicitly designed for text entry (typing) experiments. While not optimal, it does allow for more direct comparison to a large body of previous studies using the same phrase set (and similar procedures).
Having said that, keyboard input methods that provide suggestions/corrections at multi-character or word level features probably also benefit from longer words since the recognizer has more signal to work with. Revisiting the assumptions that went into that initial phrase set (character at a time input) in light of modern text input techniques might be a good thing.
- kbutler 10y ago> That phrase set was explicitly designed for text entry (typing) experiments. I'm sure that set was designed for <del>typing on full-sized, physical keyboards,</del> not touch-screen mobile devices. (Thanks for the correction!) Also, even though speech is faster than typing on a touch-screen mobile device, it's a lot easier to correct the errors that inevitably happen via typing. Sometimes it's impossible to verbally correct errors or enter unrecognized words (or names!).
- kentlyons 10y agoIt does predate capacitive touchscreen keyboards. However it wasn't made explicitly for full size physical keyboards. They explicitly had soft keyboards in mind. Here is the paper that introduced the phrase set [1] at it refers to this soft keyboard they made previously [2]. [1] http://www.yorku.ca/mack/chi03b.html http://www.yorku.ca/mack/chi03b.html [2] http://www.yorku.ca/mack/p25-mackenzie.pdf http://www.yorku.ca/mack/p25-mackenzie.pdf