DESSK: Description Space for Soft Keyboards

We present dessk, a description space for soft keyboards. dessk provides a framework for any soft keyboard to be graphically described along four dimensions - context, representation, interaction, and linguistic system - each with multiple criteria. dessk begins with a blank working template which is populated with labels and symbols to characterize the dynamics and interactions of the keyboard. The goal is to provide a framework within which any soft keyboard can be placed and to serve as a theoretical basis to situate soft keyboards in relation to proposed or existing systems.