Is the iPad useful for sketch input? A comparison with the Tablet PC

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dc.contributor.authorMacLean, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTausky, D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLabahn, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLank, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMarzouk, M.en_US
dc.contributor.editorTracy Hammond and Andy Nealenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-31T10:24:19Z
dc.date.available2013-10-31T10:24:19Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractDespite the increasing prevalence of touch-based tablet devices, little attention has been paid to what effects, if any, this form factor has on sketch behaviours in general and on sketch recognizers in particular.We investigate the title question through an empirical study in the context of mathematical expression recognition. Using a corpus of thirty expressions drawn on Tablet PC and iPad by thirty writers, we show that characteristics of sketching and drawingdiffer depending on platform. While recognition is most accurate on the Tablet PC due to its technical superiority, recognition is feasible on mobile touch-based devices. However, there are characteristics of sketching on multitouch tablets that differ, and these physical characteristics of writing impact recognition accuracy. Together, ourobservations inform the broader Sketch Recognition community as they design systems targeted to multi-touch tablets.en_US
dc.description.seriesinformationEurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modelingen_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4503-0906-6en_US
dc.identifier.issn1812-3503en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/SBM/SBM11/007-014en_US
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.subjectCategories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS): H.5.2 [Information Systems]: Information interfaces and presentation - User interfacesen_US
dc.titleIs the iPad useful for sketch input? A comparison with the Tablet PCen_US
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