A platform for mobile text entry methods evaluations

Franck Poirier (1, 2) , Hamed Sad (2)

1 TAMCIC - Traitement Algorithmique et Matériel de la Communication, de l'Information et de la Connaissance
2 VALORIA - Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications de Vannes et Lorient

We present a platform for mobile text entry evaluation. The platform comprises two parts: the experimentation part and the analyses and design support part. The experimentation part is available in two environments: it can run, on top of the .NET framework, on a mobile device or on the desktop computer. This part is designed to save time and effort in the empirical evaluation process and to enhance the comparison of results from different experiments. The analysis and design part is a collection of tools designed to support the evaluation. Our goal is to help in carrying out evaluation and to make a step on the way to the standardization of the evaluation process.

Mots clés: Interface evaluation; Mobile text entry; Evaluation platform; Usability

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Franck Poirier, Hamed Sad. A platform for mobile text entry methods evaluations. Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interaction, IRIA ACHI'08, Feb 2008, Sainte Luce, Martinique, France. ⟨hal-00196467⟩