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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Ahmed KharrufaORCiD, Professor Patrick OlivierORCiD, Dr Philip HeslopORCiD
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Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 TangiSoft is a hybrid of a physical and a soft keyboard designed for digital tabletop learning settings and aims to combine the advantages of tangible and direct-touch interaction. TangiSoft was realized by tracking a keyboard printed on paper, allowing direct-touch text entry, and augmenting printed layout through projection. The design hypotheses were that the tangible characteristics would elicit two-handed interaction, leading to improved mobility, and better integration of text entry with high-level activities. The goal was to introduce a keyboard that is more suited to tabletop learning applications which require high mobility and frequent text entry. A study was conducted to explore people's use of TangiSoft as compared to soft keyboards. The results showed that mobility is largely a characteristic of the user rather than the tool, but still, TangiSoft did elicit two-handed interaction leading to greater user mobility
Author(s): Sulaiman A, Olivier P, Heslop PA
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA 2009)
Year of Conference: 2009
Pages: 918-926
Publisher: AACE
URL: http://www.editlib.org/p/31604
Series Title: Hypermedia and Telecommunications
