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Word prediction strategies in program editing environments

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dc.contributor.author Sanders, I
dc.contributor.author Tsai, C
dc.date.accessioned 2018-06-06T12:46:10Z
dc.date.available 2018-06-06T12:46:10Z
dc.date.issued 1997
dc.identifier.citation Sanders I & Tsai C (1997) Word prediction strategies in program editing environments. South African Computer Journal, Number 20,1997 en
dc.identifier.issn 2313-7835
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24270
dc.description.abstract The goal of this research is to demonstrate that word prediction in a constrained domain like a programming language can be done effectively and hence has the potential to facilitate typing for disabled people who are motor-impaired with regard to typing. This paper presents a set of word prediction strategies for a programming editor. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies, a system which simulates a Turbo Pascal editor was developed. The strategies are found to be efficient and improve the accuracy of word prediction to various degrees. Although the system is a simulator of a Turbo Pascal editor, the applicability of each of the strategies is not confined to the syntax of this language and, therefore, they can be implemented on any language-directed editors. The results could also have relevance for other text generation systems where the aim is to save the user effort. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher South African Computer Society (SAICSIT) en
dc.subject Disabled users en
dc.subject Word prediction en
dc.subject Prediction strategies en
dc.subject Predictive editors en
dc.title Word prediction strategies in program editing environments en
dc.type Article en


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