ReType: Quick Text Editing with Keyboard and Gaze

Shyamli Sindhwani; Christof Lutteroth; Gerald Weber

doi:10.1145/3290605.3300433

ReType: Quick Text Editing with Keyboard and Gaze

Shyamli Sindhwani, Christof Lutteroth, Gerald Weber

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Abstract

When a user needs to reposition the cursor during text editing, this is often done using the mouse. For experienced typists especially, the switch between keyboard and mouse can slow down the keyboard editing workflow considerably. To address this we propose ReType, a new gaze-assisted positioning technique combining keyboard with gaze input based on a new ‘patching’ metaphor. ReType allows users to perform some common editing operations while keeping their hands on the keyboard. We present the result of two studies. A free-use study indicated that ReType enhances the user experience of text editing. ReType was liked by many participants, regardless of their typing skills. A comparative user study showed that ReType is able to match or even beat the speed of mouse-based interaction for small text edits. We conclude that the gaze-augmented user interface can make common interactions more fluent, especially for professional keyboard users.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2019: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	1-13
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450359702
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300433
Publication status	Published - 4 May 2019
Event	CHI 2019: Weaving the threads of CHI: CHI 2019 - Glasgow, UK United Kingdom Duration: 4 May 2019 → 9 May 2019 https://chi2019.acm.org/

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference	CHI 2019: Weaving the threads of CHI
Abbreviated title	CHI 2019
Country/Territory	UK United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	4/05/19 → 9/05/19
Internet address	https://chi2019.acm.org/

Keywords

Eye gaze tracking
Keyboard
Natural user interfaces
Patching metaphor
Positioning
Text editor
Typographical error

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Software

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ReType: Quick Text Editing with Keyboard and Gaze. / Sindhwani, Shyamli; Lutteroth, Christof; Weber, Gerald.
CHI 2019: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2019. p. 1-13 203 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding

Sindhwani, S, Lutteroth, C & Weber, G 2019, ReType: Quick Text Editing with Keyboard and Gaze. in CHI 2019: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 203, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1-13, CHI 2019: Weaving the threads of CHI, Glasgow, UK United Kingdom, 4/05/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300433

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