Group Members
- Alejandro Dos Reis
- Jason Strauss
- Meelap Shah
- TA: Juho Kim (juhokim@mit.edu)
Problem Statement
Many devices require text input even when a standard typing device (like a qwerty keyboard) is not available to the user.
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We would like to design a new on-screen interface for typing that allows users to type quickly when all they have is a TV remote control or game controller.
Keyboard - GR1 Analysis
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User Analysis
Services like AppleTV and Netflix augment the TV viewing experience. Consequently, these services aim to be usable for as large a fraction of TV viewers as possible. Viewers span every age group and nearly all backgrounds. Some simply flip through channels whereas want to watch something specific. We target the latter group of users because they are likely to utilize the search features of these services which is the most common scenario in which the on screen keyboard is displayed.
We believe that users of game consoles are generally a subset of TV viewers, so we do not change our target user group for this application.
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