Writely: Force Feedback for Non-Dominant Hand Writing Training

Abstract

We propose Writely, a haptic force feedback system that uses Haply force feedback device for training non-dominant hand writing. In this work we have developed two different force feedback modalities, Guidance and Anti-Guidance. Through a preliminary exploration, our early results shed light on the potential of Anti-Guidance and a low cost, planar, haptic device specifically for writing motor skill training.

Key Findings

• In a premiliminary experiment, Anti-Guidance shows promise for non-dominant hand writing training
  • While time to write a letter did not change, acceleration and jerk both provided significant changes which resulted in improved visual quality (smoothness and consistency)

In More Detail

Please review our work in progress (linked above) for experiment details, methodologies, and complete results.