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<br><div class="ecxSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">>The problem will be gaining some agreement on an algorithm, and
I’d rather get something working whilst it’s still the 21<sup>st</sup>
century…</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Sorry, I'll sit down now. ;-)<br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">First hint: letters = Math.floor(wordLength / 4); //i.e. about a
quarter of the word’s letters are shown in the hint</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Second hint, add another quarter of the letters</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Third hint – add another quarter of the letters.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span style="">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">No more hints – and if you keep typing the hint disappears
and you don’t see it again.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;">You mean 1/4 of absolute or 1/4 of the remaining blank spaces?</p><p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><br></span></p>
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Burnett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Text Entry Hints</span></p>
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Glitch in the eval routine maybe?<br>
In the second entry started to correctly type repair, but got hinted at
"e".<br>
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I think it is a much more engaging way to handle it.<br>
AFA the algorithm goes, I'd be tempted to throw it in the lap of a language
development type. I'd figure there is some culturally dependent pattern of word
formation/recognition that might come into play and have a set of rules.<br>
e.g. Show consonants first? Vowels? Final letter?<br>
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Seeing this is multi-language, it would also be interesting to see if there
were variations in the above between languages.<br>
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Reminds me of the "What do you see?" experiment where they took a
painting of a bull and obscured it with paint spackle.<br>
Very few north americans/europeans could identify it, but as they moved closer
to the Mediterranean, the recognition rate started to rise.<br>
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But my favourite experiment is still Stanley Milgram's.<br>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Subject:
RE: [Xerte] Text Entry Hints<br>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:50:47 +0000<br>
From: Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<br>
To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">You can see what I have so
far at <a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/%7Ecczjrt/mediaInteractions/">http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~cczjrt/mediaInteractions/</a>
- it’s on page two.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US">
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Julian Tenney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Text Entry Hints</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Interesting problem: how to
generate the hints:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">For example, the word is
‘interactive’, so generate successive hints like this:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">_n___ac__v_</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Int__act_v_</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Int_ractiv_</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Where successive hints become
more helpful, building on previous hints – or do we show a new random
hint each time, i.e.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">_n<i>t</i>_ra_ti_e</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I_t_r_ct_ve</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">In__ra__ive</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">So what are the rules?</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Need to wait for at least so many characters to be typed –
fixed or related to the length of the word – wait for more characters to
be typed before hinting longer words?</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Only show so many hints per word – but short words should
get less hints than long words;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Only show a new hint once more characters were typed than the
last time we showed a hint – one more? Or several? Is this related to the
length of the word?</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Build the hint replacing characters in the answer at random with
underscores? Or always add n new helpful characters to the hint? Is n related
to the length of the word?</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Should the first character always be included in the hint?</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Give it a whirl with a few
words of different lengths and you’ll see it isn’t so
straightforward…</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US"> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Burnett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 23, 2009 5:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Text Entry Hints</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">>The handsets also have a
silly little game you can play standalone that works like that.<br>
Word-with-blanks. You type in a letter and it either fills it in or adds a
strike. 3 strikes, move on.<br>
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Hmm, wonder if there's a $1 appstore app hiding in there somewhere?<br>
Do some gaming theory research and see if we can turn it into crack.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p>
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