Title
The Design Space of Nonvisual Word Completion
Abstract
Word completion interfaces are ubiquitously available in mobile virtual keyboards; however, there is no prior research on how to design these interfaces for screen reader users. In addressing this, we propose a design space for nonvisual representation of word completions. The design space covers seven categories aiming to identify challenges and opportunities for interaction design in an unexplored research topic. It is intended to guide the design of novel interaction techniques, serving as a framework for researchers and practitioners working on nonvisual word completion. To demonstrate its potential, we engaged blind users in an exploration of the design space, to create their own bespoke word completion solutions. Through this study we found that users create alternative interfaces that extended current screen readers' capabilities. Resulting interfaces are less conservative than mainstream solutions on notification frequency and cardinality. Customization decisions were based on perceived benefits/costs and varied depending on multiple factors such as users' perceived prediction accuracy, potential keystroke gains, and situational restrictions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1145/3308561.3353786
The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Keywords
Field
DocType
blind, design space, mobile, screen reader, text entry, touchscreen, word completion, word prediction
Design space,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Multimedia
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4503-6676-2
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hugo Nicolau138134.33
André Rodrigues23813.25
André Moraes dos Santos35311.17
Tiago Guerreiro436645.90
Kyle Montague514721.54
João Guerreiro633.89