Kristensson, P.O. 2007. Discrete and Continuous Shape Writing for Text Entry and Control. Doctoral dissertation, Linköping University, Sweden. ISBN 978-91-85831-77-7. (pdf)
Interview with Aftonbladet. © 2007 Aftonbladet.
I successfully defended the above doctoral dissertation Friday 8th June 2007 at Linköping University. The opponent was Prof. Bill Buxton. A national press release was issued by the university, and it attracted quite a lot of attention in Swedish media.
The reporter from Aftonbladet was the first to meet me in person and actually try out the technology. I met with him at the Computer Laboratory Cafe in Cambridge in July 2007. He competively compared the text entry rate of ShapeWriter on my phone with various text entry methods available on his own phone (multi-tap, T9). Of course ShapeWriter beat them all!
Click to enlarge. © 2007 Aftonbladet.
Late 2008, NyTeknik decided to do a follow-up on their original article and called me up for a new interview. In the new article they tested ShapeWriter on the iPhone. That article got syndicated to Dagens Nyheter, a newspaper I would classify as the "New York Times" of Sweden (well, as close as it can go).
Press articles
- Mats Lewan. November 12, 2008. Muskelminnet styr mobilens nya skrivsätt. Dagens Nyheter. ("The leading newspaper in Sweden"). Local copy of article (PNG image, 2.0 MB). Link to original article.
- Mats Lewan. November 12, 2008. Glöm knappandet! NyTeknik. ("Sweden's leading technology and IT newspaper"). Local copy of article (PNG image, 0.6 MB). Link to original article.
- Maria Arnstad. April 10, 2008. Sms-tummen får en vilopaus. Språktidningen. Local copy of article (PNG image, 0.7 MB). Link to original article.
- Anders Lotsson. September 14, 2007. Formsäker penna tar över tangentbordet. Computer Sweden. Local copy of article (PNG image, 3.0 MB). Link to original article.
- Stefan Holm. August 2, 2007. Dra ett streck över din sms-tumme. Aftonbladet. ("Leading newspaper in Scandinavia"). Local copy of article (PNG image, 5.7 MB). Extra figure (JPG image, 0.05MB). Link to original article.
- Charlotta von Schultz. August 2, 2007. Svensk revolutionerar SMS. NyTeknik. ("Sweden's leading technology and IT newspaper"). Local copy of article (PNG image, 1.9 MB). Link to original article.
- Jan Tångring. August 2, 2007. Svensk method skriver sms snabbare. Elektroniktidningen. ("...main news source for professionals in the Swedish electronics industry"). Local copy of article (PNG image, 0.15 MB). Link to original article.
- Johan Thorstenson. July 30, 2007. Snabbare sms med ny teknik. Sveriges Radio P1, Vetenskapsradion. Swedish Radio. Local copy of article (PNG image, 0.4 MB). Listen to the interview (MP3 soundfile, 3.5MB). Link to original article.
- Sofia Tanaka. July 18, 2007. Slut på tidskrävande SMS. Östgöta Correspondenten. Local copy of article (PNG image, 1.6 MB). Local copy of reader comments (PNG image, 1.4 MB). Link to original article.
- Lisa Karlsson. July 16, 2007. Sms - skrivet med penna. Norrköpings Tidningar. Local copy of article (PNG image, 3.0 MB).
- Lisa Karlsson. July 13, 2007. Slut på fumliga sms. Norrköpings Tidningar. Local copy of article (PNG image, 3.0 MB).
