Gesture-enhanced Word Prediction for On-screen Keyboards

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的研究可能为依赖辅助技术的人提供一种将单词输入计算机和其他辅助设备的非常有效的方法。我们通过设计一个使用手势增强的单词预测技术的屏幕键盘来实现这一点。键盘具有手势感知功能，它允许用户通过将鼠标光标移动到单词中的几个字母上来输入单词，而不需要用户通过停留或点击来选择屏幕上的每个字母。单词预测和手势识别技术的结合可以将屏幕上用户必须选择的字母数量减少75%。我们将开发拟议系统的原型，依赖辅助设备的人将对其进行评估。公共卫生相关性。这项拟议中的研究可能会为严重残疾的人提供一种特别有效的方法，让他们在电脑和其他辅助设备中输入单词。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed research may offer people who rely on assistive technology an exceptionally efficient method for entering words into computers and other assistive devices. We accomplish this by designing an on-screen keyboard that uses gesture- enhanced word prediction techniques. The keyboard is gesture aware in the sense that it enables a person to enter words by moving the mouse cursor toward several letters in a word without requiring the person to select each on-screen letter by dwelling or clicking on it. The combination of word prediction and gesture recognition techniques may reduce the number of on-screen letters that the user must select by up to 75%. We will develop a prototype of the proposed system, and people who rely on assistive devices will evaluate it. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE. The proposed research may offer people with severe disability an exceptionally efficient method for entering words into computers and other assistive devices.