Comparative analysis of fixed-vocabulary communication acceleration techniques Export

@article{citeulike:5393301, abstract = {Principles involved in the formation of acceleration vocabularies are reviewed followed by an analysis of alternate strategies for implementing abbreviation expansion accelleration techniques. Data regarding the coverage power of most-frequently-used-word sets, the effects of word length and keystroke analyses on calculated word set efficiencies, and the effect of different termination and abbreviation strategies are presented. Word set analyses which do not take keystroke analysis into account are shown to be overly optimistic due to the heavily skewed distribution of word length versus usage. A generic abbreviation algorithm is described which allows implementation and comparison of other strategies. Fixed-vocabulary, letter-based word prediction techniques are shown to be a form of cued abbreviation expansion with a relatively low motor efficiency.}, author = {Vanderheiden, Gregg C. and Kelso, David P.}, citeulike-article-id = {5393301}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07434618712331274519}, doi = {10.1080/07434618712331274519}, journal = {Augmentative and Alternative Communication}, keywords = {aac, at-hci, source-hard-copy, word-prediction}, number = {4}, pages = {196--206}, posted-at = {2009-08-07 17:48:06}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Informa Healthcare}, title = {Comparative analysis of fixed-vocabulary communication acceleration techniques}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07434618712331274519}, volume = {3}, year = {1987} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5393301 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5393301 N2 - Principles involved in the formation of acceleration vocabularies are reviewed followed by an analysis of alternate strategies for implementing abbreviation expansion accelleration techniques. Data regarding the coverage power of most-frequently-used-word sets, the effects of word length and keystroke analyses on calculated word set efficiencies, and the effect of different termination and abbreviation strategies are presented. Word set analyses which do not take keystroke analysis into account are shown to be overly optimistic due to the heavily skewed distribution of word length versus usage. A generic abbreviation algorithm is described which allows implementation and comparison of other strategies. Fixed-vocabulary, letter-based word prediction techniques are shown to be a form of cued abbreviation expansion with a relatively low motor efficiency. IS - 4 JF - Augmentative and Alternative Communication EP - 206 TI - Comparative analysis of fixed-vocabulary communication acceleration techniques PB - Informa Healthcare VL - 3 SP - 196 KW - aac KW - at-hci KW - source-hard-copy KW - word-prediction AU - Vanderheiden, Gregg AU - Kelso, David PY - 1987/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07434618712331274519 ER -