Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
12-21-2024
Abstract
Handwriting, traditionally acquired through paper, pen, or pencil, is crucial for children’s development, learning, and communication. The legibility of letters holds crucial implications for children’s composition and even self-esteem. In order to ensure legibility, timely input from educators and parents is essential, although it primarily depends on their experience. With current technological advancements, smartpens, augmented with sensing capabilities, could offer a novel approach providing feedback. However, it is unclear if the smartpen’s weight and form factor could affect children’s handwriting legibility is unclearsmartpen’s weight and form factor could affect children’s handwriting legibility. This study involves 16 children aged 9 to 11, comparing legibility writing from traditional pens and smartpens in a writing task. Legibility, assessed using the Handwriting Legibility Scale, shows equivalence between pens. The findings endorse the potential of smartpens to enhance learning experiences by leveraging their sensing capabilities without compromising legibility.
Recommended Citation
Cibrian, F.L., Min, L., Chen, Y.‘., Anderson, K., Gutierrez, O., Escobedo, L. (2024). Analyzing Handwriting Legibility in Children Using Smart Vs. Traditional Pen. In: Bravo, J., Nugent, C., Cleland, I. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI 2024). UCAmI 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1212. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77571-0_51
Copyright
The authors
Comments
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Proceedings of the International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI 2024) following peer review. The final publication may differ and is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77571-0_51.