An Isometric Tongue Pointing Device

In order to provide alternative computer input, we designed an isometric, tongue operated device: Tonguepoint. The design rationale and a preliminary experiment are presented in this technical note. Results show that, after 30 minutes practice and adjustment, the subjects could use the Tonguepoint at a performance level that was only 5-50% slower than finger isometric pointing. Further improvements are expected.

By: Chris Salem and Shumin Zhai

Published in: Proceedings ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'97). , ACM, p.538-9 in 1997

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