Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research 5 (1996) 329-349
Submitted 5/96; published 12/96
(c) 1996 AI Access Foundation and Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. All
rights reserved.

On-Line Appendix A for:
Quantitative Results Comparing Three Intelligent Interfaces for Information Capture: A Case Study Adding Name Information into an Electronic Personal Organizer

Jeffrey C. Schlimmer (schlimmer@eecs.wsu.edu)
School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2752, U.S.A.

Patricia Crane Wells (patricia@allpen.com)
AllPen Software, Inc.
16795 Lark Avenue, Suite 200, Los Gatos, CA 95030, U.S.A.

Abstract

Efficiently entering information into a computer is key to enjoying the benefits of computing. This paper describes three intelligent user interfaces: handwriting recognition, adaptive menus, and predictive fillin. In the context of adding a personUs name and address to an electronic organizer, tests show handwriting recognition is slower than typing on an on-screen, soft keyboard, while adaptive menus and predictive fillin can be twice as fast. This paper also presents strategies for applying these three interfaces to other information collection domains.

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17 December 1996.