TY - GEN
T1 - RearType
T2 - Text entry using keys on the back of a device
AU - Scott, James
AU - Izadi, Shahram
AU - Rezai, Leila Sadat
AU - Ruszkowski, Dominika
AU - Bi, Xiaojun
AU - Balakrishnan, Ravin
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - RearType is a text input system for mobile devices such as Tablet PCs, using normal keyboard keys but on the reverse side of the device. The standard QWERTY layout is split and rotated so that hands gripping the device from either side have the usual keys under the fingers. This frees up the front of the device, maximizing the use of the display for visual output, eliminating the need for an onscreen keyboard and the resulting hand occlusion, and providing tactile and multi-finger text entry - with potential for knowledge transfer from QWERTY. Using a prototype implementation which includes software visualization of the keys to assist with learning, we conducted a study to explore the initial learning curve for RearType. With one hour's training, RearType typing speed was an average 15 WPM, and was not statistically different to a touchscreen keyboard.
AB - RearType is a text input system for mobile devices such as Tablet PCs, using normal keyboard keys but on the reverse side of the device. The standard QWERTY layout is split and rotated so that hands gripping the device from either side have the usual keys under the fingers. This frees up the front of the device, maximizing the use of the display for visual output, eliminating the need for an onscreen keyboard and the resulting hand occlusion, and providing tactile and multi-finger text entry - with potential for knowledge transfer from QWERTY. Using a prototype implementation which includes software visualization of the keys to assist with learning, we conducted a study to explore the initial learning curve for RearType. With one hour's training, RearType typing speed was an average 15 WPM, and was not statistically different to a touchscreen keyboard.
KW - keyboard
KW - mobile devices
KW - tablet pc
KW - text entry
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/78249264452
U2 - 10.1145/1851600.1851630
DO - 10.1145/1851600.1851630
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78249264452
SN - 9781605588353
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 171
EP - 179
BT - MobileHCI 2010 - 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
ER -