Resumen de Analyse en temps réel des activités oculaires et grapho-motrices du scripteur: intérêt du dispositif « Eye and Pen »
David Chesnet, Denis Alamargot
Among the different ways of conducting real time analysis of written productions, recording the variation of graphomotoric activity is particularly interesting because it is objective, non-intrusive and offers a continuous measure of the temporal aspects of writing. Stemming from research on oral production, this method can nevertheless be insufficient to assess some specific processes of writing. Based on the synchronized measurement of the graphomotor and ocular activities of the writer, the « Eye and pen » device offers a new framework to study the temporal characteristics of written composition. It becomes possible to improve investigations on processes engaged during the course of a pause as well as during a period of transcription. At an experimental level, this device will allow advances in the study of the visual component engaged during writing and of the functioning and dynamics of writing processes. At a methodological level, it allows already the study of handwriting in a multimedia computer environment (such as the upcoming screen-pad) .
