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Designing a multi-slate reading environment to support active reading activities

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Francois Guimbretiere,

Abigail SellenAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), Volume 19, Issue 3

Article No.: 18, Pages 1 - 35

https://doi.org/10.1145/2362364.2362366

Published: 25 October 2012 Publication History

Abstract

Despite predictions of the paperless office, most knowledge workers and students still rely heavily on paper in most of their document practices. Research has shown that paper's dominance can be attributed to the fact that it supports a broad range of these users' diverse reading requirements. Our analysis of the literature suggests that a new class of reading device consisting of an interconnected environment of thin and lightweight electronic slates could potentially unify the distinct advantages of e-books, PCs, and tabletop computers to offer an electronic reading solution providing functionality comparable to, or even exceeding, that of paper. This article presents the design and construction of such a system. In it, we explain how data can be mapped to slates, detail interactions for linking the slates, and describe tools that leverage the connectivity between slates. A preliminary study of the system indicates that such a system has the potential of being an electronic alternative to paper.

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