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Soft keyboards are one of the most popular methods to input text for mobile pen-based computing. They allow text input to be performed through an onscreen graphical representation of a standard desk keyboard. Besides standard QWERTY keyboard layout, some researchers have proposed optimized alternative key organizations to improve user performances with soft keyboards. In this paper we propose and evaluate a solution using visual clues to facilitate the acceptance of these optimized layouts by novices.
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Magnien, L., Bouraoui, J.L., Vigouroux, N. (2004). Mobile Text Input with Soft Keyboards: Optimization by Means of Visual Clues. In: Brewster, S., Dunlop, M. (eds) Mobile Human-Computer Interaction - MobileHCI 2004. Mobile HCI 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3160. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-28637-0_33
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