Assistive Technology Research Institute
College Misericordia - Dallas, PA 18612
 
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Chubon & Dvorak

 



Chubon & Dvorak: A Comparison of Alternative Keyboard Layouts

Denis Anson, MS, OTR/L, Jacqueline Doninetz, OTS, Christine Hess, OTS, Tara Kelly, OTS, & Kimberly Roig, OTS

This study is part of a series to establish a standard metric for alternative text input systems. Historically, nearly all comparisons of alternative keyboard layouts have indicated that the QWERTY layout, the standard for computer keyboards, is the best, in spite of its known ergonomic deficiencies. This study, combined with past studies comparing the Chubon with QWERTY and Dvorak with QWERTY will form the basis of a demonstration that new technologies can be compared against a standard measure, in order to provide relative utility information, which will be available on the ATRI website.