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Searching for spellcheckers: What kids want, what kids need

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Brody Downs,

Tyler French,

Katherine Landau Wright,

Maria Soledad Pera,

Casey Kennington,

Jerry Alan FailsAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '19: Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Pages 568 - 573

https://doi.org/10.1145/3311927.3325328

Published: 12 June 2019 Publication History

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Misspellings in queries used to initiate online searches is an everyday occurrence. When this happens, users either rely on the search engine's ability to understand their query or they turn to spellcheckers. Spellcheckers are usually based on popular dictionaries or past query logs, leading to spelling suggestions that often better resonate with adult users because that data is more readily available. Based on an educational perspective, previous research reports, and initial analyses of sample search logs, we hypothesize that existing spellcheckers are not suitable for young users who frequently encounter spelling challenges when searching for information online. We present early results of our ongoing research focused on identifying the needs and expectations children have regarding spellcheckers.

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Downs BPera MWright KKennington CFails J(2022)KidSpell: Making a difference in spellchecking for childrenInternational Journal of Child-Computer Interaction10.1016/j.ijcci.2021.10037332(100373)Online publication date: Jun-2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2021.100373
Aliannejadi MHuibers TLandoni MMurgia EPera M(2022)The Effect of Prolonged Exposure to Online Education on a Classroom Search CompanionExperimental IR Meets Multilinguality, Multimodality, and Interaction10.1007/978-3-031-13643-6_5(62-78)Online publication date: 25-Aug-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13643-6_5
Allen GPeterson BRatakonda DSakib MFails JKennington CWright KPera MRoussou MShahid SFails JLandoni M(2021)Engage!: Co-designing Search Engine Result Pages to Foster InteractionsProceedings of the 20th Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference10.1145/3459990.3465183(583-587)Online publication date: 24-Jun-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3459990.3465183

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IDC '19: Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

June 2019

787 pages

ISBN:9781450366908

DOI:10.1145/3311927

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Jerry Alan Fails
Boise State University, USA

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Downs BPera MWright KKennington CFails J(2022)KidSpell: Making a difference in spellchecking for childrenInternational Journal of Child-Computer Interaction10.1016/j.ijcci.2021.10037332(100373)Online publication date: Jun-2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2021.100373
Aliannejadi MHuibers TLandoni MMurgia EPera M(2022)The Effect of Prolonged Exposure to Online Education on a Classroom Search CompanionExperimental IR Meets Multilinguality, Multimodality, and Interaction10.1007/978-3-031-13643-6_5(62-78)Online publication date: 25-Aug-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13643-6_5
Allen GPeterson BRatakonda DSakib MFails JKennington CWright KPera MRoussou MShahid SFails JLandoni M(2021)Engage!: Co-designing Search Engine Result Pages to Foster InteractionsProceedings of the 20th Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference10.1145/3459990.3465183(583-587)Online publication date: 24-Jun-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3459990.3465183

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