Paper Info
Title
SNOUT: one-handed use of capacitive touch devices
Abstract
SNOUT is a novel interface overlay designed for occasional no-hand or one-handed use of handheld capacitive touch devices. Inspired by the desire to use these devices in scenarios where visually focused bimanual input is awkward, we performed a pair of studies intended to evaluate the potential of the nose to provide touch input. These studies influenced our design principles, resulting in the construction of a 'nose mode' which enables object selection, continuous parameter control, and speech-based text entry. Selection is accomplished via a nose tap, using a colour overlay and peripheral colour feedback to correct mistakes. The other two techniques are activated by a nose tap, but use the accelerometer to control parameters and speech-to-text for text entry. An evaluation of SNOUT shows it to effectively render handheld capacitive touch devices operational in scenarios where they are presently unusable.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1145/2254556.2254583
AVI
Keywords
Field
DocType
one-handed use,render handheld capacitive touch,colour overlay,nose mode,novel interface overlay,touch input,object selection,continuous parameter control,bimanual input,handheld capacitive touch device,mobile devices,speech to text,accessibility,mobile device
Design elements and principles,Computer science,Accelerometer,Capacitive sensing,Human–computer interaction,Mobile device,Snout,Overlay,Parameter control,Text entry
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.61
23
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Adam Zarek170.61
Daniel Wigdor22273126.86
Karan Singh3152976.00