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In a 1999 CHI study, multimodal correction was faster than speech-only correction but slower than correction by typing for users with good typing skills.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“slower than correction by typing for users with good typing skills”
Model-based and Empirical Evaluation of Multimodal Interactive Error Correction, Bernhard Suhm et al., Proceedings of CHI 99, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1999, Abstract.
Open the original- What it measures
- The study compared respeaking, choosing from a list, typing and multimodal correction in a dictation task.
- What it does not show
- Small sample and a 1999 recognizer. The typing advantage applies to good typists; the study does not show it for slow typists.
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