The chording glove: a glove-based text input device

Author

Rosenberg, Robert ; Slater, Mel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Coll. London, UK

Volume

29

Issue

2

fYear

1999

fDate

5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

186

Lastpage

191

Abstract

This paper introduces a new text input device called the chording glove. The keys of a chord keyboard are mounted on the fingers of a glove. A chord can be made by pressing the fingers against any surface. Shift buttons placed on the index finger enable the glove to enter the full ASCII character set. The chording glove is designed as a text input device for wearable computers and virtual environments. An experiment was conducted to assess the performance of the glove. After an average of 80 min of a tutorial, ten subjects reached a continuous text input speed of 8.9±1.4 words/min, and after 10 1-hr sessions, they achieved 16.8±2.5 words/min

Keywords

character sets; data gloves; handicapped aids; keyboards; performance evaluation; portable computers; virtual reality; ASCII character set; chord keyboard; chording glove; disabled users; experiment; glove-based text input device; performance evaluation; shift buttons; virtual environments; wearable computers; Character generation; Computer science; Fingers; Keyboards; Portable computers; Pressing; Thumb; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Wearable computers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1094-6977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5326.760563

Filename

760563