A review of design and evaluation practices in mobile text entry for visually impaired and blind persons

A Komninos, V Stefanis, J Garofalakis - Multimodal Technologies and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Millions of people with vision impairment or vision loss face considerable barriers in using
mobile technology and services due to the difficulty of text entry. In this paper, we review …

Handwriting velcro: Endowing AR glasses with personalized and posture-adaptive text input using flexible touch sensor

F Fang, H Zhang, L Zhan, S Guo, M Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Text input is a desired feature for AR glasses. While there already exist various input
modalities (eg, voice, mid-air gesture), the diverse demands required by different input …

PinchText: One-handed text entry technique combining pinch gestures and hand positions for head-mounted displays

H Jiang, D Weng, X Dongye, Y Liu - International Journal of Human …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents PinchText, a mid-air technique with a condensed keys-based keyboard,
which combines hand positions and pinch gestures, enabling one-handed text entry for …

iHand: Hand Recognition-Based Text Input Method for Wearable Devices

Q Chu, CP Chen, H Hu, X Wu, B Han - Computers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Text input using hand gestures is an essential component of human–computer interaction
technology, providing users with a more natural and enriching interaction experience …

Towards Flexible and Robust User Interface Adaptations With Multiple Objectives

CA Johns, JM Evangelista Belo, AM Feit… - Proceedings of the 36th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
This paper proposes a new approach for online UI adaptation that aims to overcome the
limitations of the most commonly used UI optimization method involving multiple objectives …

ThumbAir: In-Air Typing for Head Mounted Displays

H Gil, I Oakley - Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Typing while wearing a standalone Head Mounted Display (HMD)---systems without
external input devices or sensors to support text entry---is hard. To address this issue, prior …

FlexType: Flexible text input with a small set of input gestures

D Gaines, MM Baker, K Vertanen - Proceedings of the 28th International …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
In many situations, it may be impractical or impossible to enter text by selecting precise
locations on a physical or touchscreen keyboard. We present an ambiguous keyboard with …

Pareto optimal layouts for adaptive mixed reality

CA Johns, JM Evangelista Belo, CN Klokmose… - Extended Abstracts of …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Adaptive mixed reality applications adjust their user interfaces based on the context in which
they are used to provide a smooth experience for different users and environments. This …

Expanding Touch Interaction Capabilities for Smart-rings: An Exploration of Continual Slide and Microroll Gestures

A Herath, B Rey, S Bardot, S Rempel… - CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
As smart-rings emerge in both research and commercial markets, their limited physical size
remains to restrict the interaction potential and input vocabulary possible. Thus, focusing on …

TouchEditor: Interaction design and evaluation of a flexible touchpad for text editing of head-mounted displays in speech-unfriendly environments

L Zhan, T Xiong, H Zhang, S Guo, X Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
A text editing solution that adapts to speech-unfriendly (inconvenient to speak or difficult to
recognize speech) environments is essential for head-mounted displays (HMDs) to work …