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I used to write faster with my index finger + swype than with a keyboard (now I have an old iPhone) I find screen size to be a bigger advantage to desktop.
by ptidhomme 6y ago
I used to write faster with my index finger + swype than with a keyboard (now I have an old iPhone)
I find screen size to be a bigger advantage to desktop.
- fendy3002 6y agoThat's for sentences, but documents usually contains more than just sentences. Even document numbers have symbols and numbers which cannot take advantage of Swype tech
- Ygg2 6y agoI tried writing non english words with those swipe keyboards (on Android, mind you). I had a horrible time.
- tsimionescu 6y agoI can't agree with the grandparent about type + swipe being anywhere near the speed of a keyboard, but in my experience, writing in other languages using swipe is just as fast as in English (at least for other languages that use the Latin alphabet). I frequently use swiping for bilingual English + Romanian (a language which tends to have much longer words than English) conversations, and it generally works very well, even bilingually. I would note that I'm using some Microsoft keyboard for Android, I forget its name, and it is explicitly configured for both languages.
- mastazi 6y agoIf your typing speed on a keyboard is comparable to your typing speed on a phone, it sounds like you might have a lot to gain from learning touch typing, look it up. I was in your same situation not long ago
- ptidhomme 6y agoThanks for the info, didn't know it was a thing. Mind that I mention it was specifically index finger swiping. Maybe it wasn't actually faster than physical keyboard, but it was certainly an order of magnitude faster than discrete thumbs phone typing.