NDLI: A Listening Keyboard for Users with Motor Impairments

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Manaris, Bill Macgyvers, Valanne Lagoudakis, Michail
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	Computer users with motor impairments find it difficult and, in many cases, impossible to access PC functionality through the physical keyboard-and-mouse interface. Studies show that even able-bodied users experience similar difficulties when interacting with mobile devices; this is due to the reduced size/usability of the input interfaces. Advances in speech recognition have made it possible to design speech interfaces for alphanumeric data entry and indirect manipulation (cursor control). Although several related commercial applications exist, such systems do not provide a complete solution for arbitrary keyboard and mouse access, such as the access needed for, say, typing, compiling, and executing a C++ program.We carried out a usability study to support the development of a speech user interface for arbitrary keyboard access and mouse control. The study showed that speech interaction with an ideal listening keyboard is better for users with motor impairments than handstick, in terms of task completion time (37% better), typing rate (74% better), and error rates (63% better). We believe that these results apply to both permanent and task-induced motor impairments. In particular, a follow-up experiment showed that handstick approximates conventional modes of alphanumeric input available on mobile devices (e.g., PDAs, cellular phones, and personal organizers). These modes of input include miniaturized keyboards, stylus “soft” keyboards, cellular phone numberpads, and handwriting recognition software. This result suggests that a listening keyboard would be an effective mode for alphanumeric input on future mobile devices.This study contributed to the development of SUITEKeys—a speech user interface for arbitrary keyboard and mouse access available for MS platforms as freeware.
Starting Page	371
Ending Page	388
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13812416
Journal	International Journal of Speech Technology
Volume Number	5
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15728110
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2002-01-01
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Signal, Image and Speech Processing Communication
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Human-Computer Interaction Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Software Linguistics and Language

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Usability Testing of Voice Controlled Messaging

Software text-to-speech

Audiovisual Speech Synthesis

Listening to Natural and Synthesized Speech while Driving: Effects on User Performance

Continuous speech recognition and syntactic processing in Iranian Farsi language

Pronunciation Modeling for Spontaneous Mandarin Speech Recognition

Tone Modeling for Continuous Mandarin Speech Recognition

The Syrinx Spoken Language System

Modelling Highly Inflected Slovenian Language

A Listening Keyboard for Users with Motor Impairments—A Usability Study

Similar Documents

Usability Testing of Voice Controlled Messaging

Software text-to-speech

Audiovisual Speech Synthesis

Listening to Natural and Synthesized Speech while Driving: Effects on User Performance

Continuous speech recognition and syntactic processing in Iranian Farsi language

Pronunciation Modeling for Spontaneous Mandarin Speech Recognition

Tone Modeling for Continuous Mandarin Speech Recognition

The Syrinx Spoken Language System

Modelling Highly Inflected Slovenian Language

A Listening Keyboard for Users with Motor Impairments—A Usability Study