An alternative Chinese keyboard layout design for single-digit typists

Ming Chung Chen; Ting Fang Wu

doi:10.1007/11788713_134

An alternative Chinese keyboard layout design for single-digit typists

Ming Chung Chen^*, Ting Fang Wu

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Abstract

This study designed an alternative Chinese keyboard layout for single-digit typists and evaluated the efficacy of this innovative layout design. The new eight row by five column keyboard layout was designed based on the principles of alternative keyboard design. Eight college students with proficient keyboarding were involved in this study. The repeated measurement experimental design was used to compare the speed and accuracy of keystroke among the four different keyboard patterns: QWERTY, Alternative, RevisedQWERTY, and Random-Alternative. The experimental results indicated that the subjects' typing speed is fastest when utilizing the QWERTY layout (63.86 symbols/minute), followed by the Alternative (56.02 symbols/minute), Revised QWERTY (53.39 symbols/minute) and the Random-Alternative keyboard (49.94 symbols/minute). There is no significant difference among QWERTY, Alternative, Revised-QWERTY, and Random-Alternative layouts on the subjects' typing accuracy. The possible causes of the unpredicted results and suggestions for further studies were discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computers Helping People with Special Needs, 10th International Conference, ICCHP 2006 - Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	919-925
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	3540360204, 9783540360209
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/11788713_134
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	10th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2006 - Linz, Austria Duration: 2006 Jul 11 → 2006 Jul 13

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	4061 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	10th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2006
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Linz
Period	2006/07/11 → 2006/07/13

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Chen, M. C., & Wu, T. F. (2006). An alternative Chinese keyboard layout design for single-digit typists. In Computers Helping People with Special Needs, 10th International Conference, ICCHP 2006 - Proceedings (pp. 919-925). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4061 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/11788713_134

An alternative Chinese keyboard layout design for single-digit typists. / Chen, Ming Chung; Wu, Ting Fang.
Computers Helping People with Special Needs, 10th International Conference, ICCHP 2006 - Proceedings. Springer Verlag, 2006. p. 919-925 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4061 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Chen, MC & Wu, TF 2006, An alternative Chinese keyboard layout design for single-digit typists. in Computers Helping People with Special Needs, 10th International Conference, ICCHP 2006 - Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 4061 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 919-925, 10th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2006, Linz, Austria, 2006/07/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/11788713_134

Chen MC, Wu TF. An alternative Chinese keyboard layout design for single-digit typists. In Computers Helping People with Special Needs, 10th International Conference, ICCHP 2006 - Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2006. p. 919-925. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/11788713_134

Chen, Ming Chung ; Wu, Ting Fang. / An alternative Chinese keyboard layout design for single-digit typists. Computers Helping People with Special Needs, 10th International Conference, ICCHP 2006 - Proceedings. Springer Verlag, 2006. pp. 919-925 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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