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Evaluation of Touchless Typing Techniques with Hand Movement

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Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Recognition Systems CORES 2015

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 403))

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Hands-free control of electronic devices gains increasing interest. The interaction based on the interpretation of hand gestures is convenient for users. However, it requires adequate techniques to capture user movement and appropriate onscreen interface. The hand movements in touchless graphical user interface are translated into the motion of a pointer on a display. The main question is how to convert hand gestures into casual and comfortable text entry. The paper focuses on the evaluation of text input techniques in a touchless interface. Well-known traditional solutions and some innovations for text input have been adapted to noncontact onscreen keyboard interface and subjected to examination. The examined solutions include: single hand and double hands QWERTY-based virtual keyboard, swipe text input, and the 8pen (The 8pen solution, http://www.8pen.com/ [1]) based technique.

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Żołnierska 52, 71-210, Szczecin, Poland

    Adam Nowosielski

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  1. Department of Systems, Wrocław University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland

    Robert Burduk

  2. Department of Systems and Computer, Wrocław University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland

    Konrad Jackowski

  3. Department of Systems and Computer, Wrocław University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland

    Marek Kurzyński

  4. Dept. of Systems and Computer Networks, Wrocław University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland

    Michał Woźniak

  5. Department of Systems, Wrocław University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland

    Andrzej Żołnierek

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Nowosielski, A. (2016). Evaluation of Touchless Typing Techniques with Hand Movement. In: Burduk, R., Jackowski, K., Kurzyński, M., Woźniak, M., Żołnierek, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Recognition Systems CORES 2015. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 403. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26227-7_41

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