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Pufftext: a puff controlled software-based hands-free spin keyboard for mobile phones

Published: 27 August 2013 Publication History

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This work proposes the use of a low-cost software-based puff controlled hands-free spinning keyboard for mobile phones as an alternative interaction technology for people with motor disabilities. It attempts to explore the processing of the audio from the microphone in mobile phones to select characters from a spinning keyboard. A proof of concept of this work is demonstrated by the implementation and experimentation of a mobile application prototype that enables users to perform text input through "puffing" interaction.

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      MobileHCI '13: Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services
      August 2013
      662 pages
      ISBN:9781450322737
      DOI:10.1145/2493190
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      1. accessibility
      2. alternative hci
      3. breathing
      4. mobile
      5. text input

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      • (2024)Ubiquitous BlowClick: Non-verbal Vocal Input for Confirmation with Hand-held Mobile Devices in the FieldProceedings of the 2024 ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction10.1145/3677386.3682101(1-8)Online publication date: 7-Oct-2024
      • (2022)Evaluating Singing for Computer Input Using Pitch, Interval, and MelodyProceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3491102.3517691(1-15)Online publication date: 29-Apr-2022

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