TY - GEN
T1 - Significance of line length for tablet PC users
AU - Sahito, Waqas Ali
AU - Chunpir, Hashim Iqbal
AU - Hussain, Zahid
AU - Hassan, Syed Raheel
AU - Schulte, Frederik
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - This paper presents key findings about on-screen optimal line length for tablet personal computers (PCs). It examines the effects of four different line lengths on the reading speed and reading efficiency. Seventy participants ranging between the ages of 20 and 40 participated in this study. They read four different texts with an average length of 2000 characters. The texts contained substitution words, which were to be detected by the subjects to measure reading accuracy. Moreover, the subjects were asked to subjectively vote on their reading experience in the context of subjective measures like reading speed and accuracy. The results of the study revealed that 90 characters per line (CPL) were preferred by most of the participants. Nonetheless, some participants falling between the ages of 35 and 40 years preferred 60 CPL. The findings presented in this paper are quite worthwhile as the Tablet PC are extensively used for e-reading. In essence, this study suggests optimal line length for reading on screen using Tablet PC and eventually benefiting people who use Tablet PC for reading, hailing from every walk of life.
AB - This paper presents key findings about on-screen optimal line length for tablet personal computers (PCs). It examines the effects of four different line lengths on the reading speed and reading efficiency. Seventy participants ranging between the ages of 20 and 40 participated in this study. They read four different texts with an average length of 2000 characters. The texts contained substitution words, which were to be detected by the subjects to measure reading accuracy. Moreover, the subjects were asked to subjectively vote on their reading experience in the context of subjective measures like reading speed and accuracy. The results of the study revealed that 90 characters per line (CPL) were preferred by most of the participants. Nonetheless, some participants falling between the ages of 35 and 40 years preferred 60 CPL. The findings presented in this paper are quite worthwhile as the Tablet PC are extensively used for e-reading. In essence, this study suggests optimal line length for reading on screen using Tablet PC and eventually benefiting people who use Tablet PC for reading, hailing from every walk of life.
KW - E-reading
KW - Optimal line length
KW - Reading efficiency
KW - Substitution of words
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84947251360&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-20898-5_56
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-20898-5_56
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84947251360
SN - 9783319208978
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 587
EP - 596
BT - Design, User Experience, and Usability
A2 - Marcus, Aaron
PB - Springer
T2 - 4th International Conference on Design, User Experience and Usability, DUXU 2015 Held as Part of 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2015
Y2 - 2 August 2015 through 7 August 2015
ER -