NDLI: Determining the Optimal Size of Handwriting Character Entry Boxes for Pen-Based Systems

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Ren, X.
Copyright Year	2005
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Inf. Syst. Eng., Kochi Univ. of Technol. (Ren, X.)
Abstract	This paper presents two experiments to determine the optimal size of a box for the input of Chinese characters (called "Kanji" in Japanese) mixed with Japanese Kana (phonetic) handwriting characters on a tablet computer. The experiments involve an evaluation of boxes of different sizes. The results are assessed in terms of high performance factors (e.g., high character recognition rates, minimal stroke protrusions outside the character box) and subjective ratings (e.g., ease of writing and a minimum level of fatigue). The results show that the optimal size of character boxes for Kanji & Kana characters is around 1.44 times 1.44 cm. The experimental results also show that the optimal size is the same for both PDAs and Tablet PCs. The results provide important guidelines to designers who are concerned about the interplay between user comfort, input efficiency and output display efficiency. The knowledge obtained from our experiments on Tablet PCs would be added to the literature on optimal size for handwriting character entry boxes
Sponsorship	Univ. of Aizu, Japan Nat. Natural Sci. Found. China Fudan GrandHorizon Inf. Technol., Inc. China Hewlett-Packard Co., Ltd
Starting Page	548
Ending Page	552
File Size	169706
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	076952432X
DOI	10.1109/CIT.2005.97
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2005-09-21
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Natural languages Writing User interfaces Fatigue Displays Error correction Character recognition Personal communication networks Personal digital assistants Information systems
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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