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53.80percent reduction in text editing time
In its evaluation with eight blind users, the GestureVoice system achieved a 53.80 percent reduction in text editing time.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“our evaluation with 8 blind users demonstrates that Ges- tureVoice achieves a 53.80% reduction in text editing time”
GestureVoice: Enabling Multimodal Text Editing for Blind Users Using Gestures and Voice, Prerna Khanna et al., ASSETS '25, ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, 2025, Abstract.
Open the original (DOI 10.1145/3663547.3746388)- What it measures
- GestureVoice uses smartwatch gestures to move through the text and voice commands to make edits. It is a research prototype, not a shipped feature.
- What it does not show
- Eight participants and a research prototype that needs a smartwatch. Use it as evidence that editing can be faster, not as a figure a current app will match.