Children's phrase set for text input method evaluations

This paper investigates the suitability of current phrase sets available in HCI for use with children in text entry experiments. It first examines the use of phrase sets within text input method evaluation, and suggests several reasons why the currently available phrase sets may not be suitable for use with children. A new phrase set, containing 500 phrases which have been taken from children’s books, is presented. A study that compared the adult focused phrase set with the new children’s phrase set is described. This study concludes that the new phrase set is suitable for use with children and, given that results with the two phrase sets were similar, the study adds validity to the existing adult phrase set. Author Keywords Phrase set, children, text entry, keyboard, evaluation ACM Classification Keywords H.5.5 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces - Input devices and Strategies, Interaction styles, Evaluation/methodology.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: NORDICHI
• Authors: Akiyo Kano, Janet C. Read, Alan J. Dix
• Keywords: Available Phrase Sets, Current Phrase Sets, Human Computer Interaction, NORDICHI 2006, Phrase Set