New keyboard software makes typing faster on touch screens (w/ Video)

Monday, January 24, 2011 - 07:32 in Mathematics & Economics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Australia have invented a virtual keyboard they say will make typing on touch screen devices such as the iPad much faster. The software senses the positions of the user’s fingertips and as soon as four fingers touch the screen it displays a QWERTY keyboard underneath the fingers, with half the keyboard under each hand. The keys respond to touch, and can be moved around the screen or pressed to type.

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