New keyboard for touchscreens enables faster thumb-typing
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 11:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have created a new keyboard called KALQ that enables faster thumb-typing on touchscreen devices. They used computational optimization techniques in conjunction with a model of thumb movement to search among millions of potential layouts before identifying one that yields superior performance. A user study confirmed that, after a short amount of practice, users could type 34% faster than they could with a QWERTY layout.