Auto-Cucumber: The Impact of Autocorrection Failures on Users' Frustration

Ohoud Alharbi, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger

Keywords: Keyboard, Text Entry

TL;DR: In this paper, we investigate the effect of autocorrection failures on the user’s frustration, mental and physical demand, performance, and effort using a mixed-method user study.

Abstract: Many mobile users rely on autocorrection mechanisms during text entry on their smartphone. Previous studies investigated the effects of autocorrection mechanisms on typing speed and accuracy but did not explore the level of frustration and perceived mental workload often associated with autocorrection. Through a mixed-methods user study, we investigate the effect of autocorrection failures on increasing the user’s frustration, mental and physical demand, performance, and effort in this paper. We identified that perceived mental and physical demand, and frustration are directly affected by autocorrection.