Performance and User Experience of Touchscreen and Gesture Keyboards in a Lab Setting and in the Wild

Explore a comprehensive conference talk examining the performance and user experience of Smart Touch Keyboards (STK) and Smart Gesture Keyboards (SGK) in mobile text entry. Delve into two studies: a lab-based experiment and a novel evaluation using the experience sampling method (ESM) in real-world settings. Discover insights on typing speeds, error rates, and user preferences for both input methods. Learn about the strengths and weaknesses of STK and SGK, including their effectiveness in different usage scenarios. Understand the importance of reducing out-of-vocabulary errors and the tendency of users to migrate from STK to SGK when exposed to both. Gain valuable knowledge on the complementary nature of lab and real-world studies in assessing input technologies for current and future generations.