WearWrite: Crowd-Assisted Writing from Smartwatches
summary
WearWrite is a prototype that lets a smartwatch user dictate writing tasks and answer questions while a distributed crowd edits a Google Doc via a Dynamic Task Queue. A week-long study has seven smartwatch users who each interact with about ≈29 crowd workers per user (205 workers total); the system automatically accepts minor edits but not large inserts/deletes, and users accept 96% of edits, using the crowd work as a usable starting draft.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction to WearWrite
- 1:08Crowd augmentation concept
- 2:38Smartwatch user interface
- 3:41Crowd worker interface
- 5:30Demo of worker workflow
- 6:36Dynamic Task Queue explained
- 8:20WearWrite Observer system
- 9:24Pilot study with ODesk workers
- 10:29Week-long user study details
- 12:16Productivity and flexibility results
- 13:40Writing quality challenges
- 14:44Interface improvements needed
- 15:29Website and future plans
- 16:56Next research directions
- 17:17Q&A session
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