Invisiboard: Maximizing Display and Input Space with a Full Screen Text Entry Method for Smartwatches

Aske Mottelson; Christoffer Larsen; Mikkel Lyderik; Paul Strohmeier; Jarrod Knibbe

doi:10.1145/2935334.2935360

Invisiboard: Maximizing Display and Input Space with a Full Screen Text Entry Method for Smartwatches

Aske Mottelson, Christoffer Larsen, Mikkel Lyderik, Paul Strohmeier, Jarrod Knibbe

Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

Abstract

The small displays of smartwatches make text entry difficult and time consuming. While text entry rates can be increased, this continues to occur at the expense of available screen display space. Soft keyboards can easily use half the display space of tiny-screened devices. To combat this problem, we present Invisiboard: an invisible text entry method using the entire display for both text entry and display simultaneously. Invisiboard combines a numberpad-like layout with swipe gestures. This maximizes input target size, provides a familiar layout, and maximizes display space. Through this, Invisiboard achieves entry rates comparable or even faster than an existing research baseline. A user study with 12 participants writing 3264 words revealed an entry rate of 10.6 Words Per Minute (WPM) after 30 minutes, 7% faster than ZoomBoard. Furthermore, with nominal training, some participants demonstrated entry rates of over 30 WPM.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	2016
Pages	53–59
ISBN (Print)	9781450344081
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2935334.2935360
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes

Series	MobileHCI '16

Keywords

wearables
smartwatch
swipe
text entry

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10.1145/2935334.2935360

https://doi.org/10.1145/2935334.2935360

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Mottelson, A., Larsen, C., Lyderik, M., Strohmeier, P., & Knibbe, J. (2016). Invisiboard: Maximizing Display and Input Space with a Full Screen Text Entry Method for Smartwatches. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (pp. 53–59). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2935334.2935360

Mottelson, Aske ; Larsen, Christoffer ; Lyderik, Mikkel et al. / Invisiboard: Maximizing Display and Input Space with a Full Screen Text Entry Method for Smartwatches. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. pp. 53–59 (MobileHCI '16).

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Mottelson, A, Larsen, C, Lyderik, M, Strohmeier, P & Knibbe, J 2016, Invisiboard: Maximizing Display and Input Space with a Full Screen Text Entry Method for Smartwatches. in Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, MobileHCI '16, pp. 53–59. https://doi.org/10.1145/2935334.2935360

Invisiboard: Maximizing Display and Input Space with a Full Screen Text Entry Method for Smartwatches. / Mottelson, Aske; Larsen, Christoffer; Lyderik, Mikkel et al.
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. p. 53–59 (MobileHCI '16).

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Mottelson A, Larsen C, Lyderik M, Strohmeier P, Knibbe J. Invisiboard: Maximizing Display and Input Space with a Full Screen Text Entry Method for Smartwatches. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. 2016. p. 53–59. (MobileHCI '16). doi: 10.1145/2935334.2935360