Affiliation:
1. University of Michigan
2. University of Colorado
3. Cornell University
4. MITRE Corporation
Abstract
Despite being spoken by a large percentage of the world, Indic languages in general lack user-friendly and efficient methods for text input. These languages have poor or no support for typing. Soft keyboards, because of their ease of installation and lack of reliance on specific hardware, are a promising solution as an input device for many languages. Developing an acceptable soft keyboard requires the frequency analysis of characters in order to design a layout that minimizes text-input time. This article proposes the use of various development techniques, layout variations, and evaluation methods for the creation of soft keyboards for Brahmic scripts. We propose that using optimization techniques such as genetic algorithms and multi-objective Pareto optimization to develop multi-layer keyboards will increase the speed at which text can be entered.
Funder
Division of Computer and Network Systems
Division of Undergraduate Education
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Cited by
7 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献
1. A Usability Study of the Central-Bantu Multilingual Keyboards;International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction;2021-04-29
2. Faster and Less Error-Prone: Supplementing an Accessible Keyboard with Speech Input;Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019;2019
3. Shift+Tap or Tap+LongPress?;Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems;2017-05-02
4. Making and Breaking the User-Usage Model;Proceedings of the 8th Indian Conference on Human Computer Interaction;2016-12-07
5. Does prediction really help in Marathi text input?;Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services;2016-09-06