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Keystroke Dynamics in Inquisit 4

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By kulajw - 9/5/2016

Hello,

I know that Inquisit offer some text input method like open ended or text box, but it is possible to record details of each key press during text typing?.

I would like to do experiment with keystroke dynamic thus I need to record:

Dwell time - as duration that a each key is pressed
Flight time - as duration in between releasing one key and pressing the next key

It is possible to record this information when participant is typing some text in Inquisit script?

Thanks for response :)

By Dave - 9/5/2016

To do this you would have to capture each key stroke / release using a standard <trial> (looped until some event occurs that indicates the end of the typing), translate the scancodes back to letters (by constructing some kind of lookup-table), and display that on-screen. In other words, it's doable but not exactly straightforward.

Here's an example for something similar (but simpler), that should convey the basic idea: https://www.millisecond.com/forums/FindPost18571.aspx
By kulajw - 10/17/2016

Ok  Thank you ;)

I will try.