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So 10ish words per minute? Not blazing fast but for leading research pretty darn good! 40 WPM it probably beats the average human and most cell phone applicatio

So 10ish words per minute? Not blazing fast but for leading research pretty darn good! 40 WPM it probably beats the average human and most cell phone applications.

tobyjsullivan 5y ago
I guess the typer's experience could be a factor. I would expect someone to type around 10WPM - or even less - the first time they were placed in front of a keyboard. Getting to 40WPM usually takes years of practice. No evidence one way or another if this method could achieve the same with just practice and no changes to the technology.
- Jtsummers 5y ago
  > Getting to 40WPM usually takes years of practice. 30-40 WPM was the target for high school computer typing courses in the 90s (my experience, may have been a similar target earlier and I don't know the target for courses targeting typewriters), and this was a time when computers weren't ubiquitous like today. It's very feasible to hit that target in a few months especially if you learn proper hand placement (hunt & peck, two finger typists, will have a longer ramp up time but can often still hit those speed targets).
kordlessagain 5y ago
With about a word or two error every few minutes...maybe they could make the idea of rage run the backspace key.
- visarga 5y ago
  We're going to complain about neural interface design like we do about web design. What are the best mappings?
spoonjim 5y ago
For someone who previously couldn’t type, 10WPM probably feels like being able to leap over Mt. Everest.
melling 5y ago
Throw in some eye tracking software, autocompletion, specialized writing or programming software and you can do much better. https://www.tabnine.com/ https://www.tabnine.com/
sonograph 5y ago
The NN in the article is based on handwriting, so comparing WPM to handwriting is a better apples-to-apples comparison than typing: > Studies compiled by Amundson (1995) show that copying rates using handwriting at the 1st grade level are about 5 words per minute (WPM) on average, but by the end of elementary school at the 5th and 6th grade level are about 10 to 12 WPM. Source https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/hiat/resources/handwriting_speeds.pdf https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/hiat/resourc...
whiddershins 5y ago
Yeah, similar to another comment, autocomplete alone could get WPM way up
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cortesoft 5y ago
90 characters per minute is 18 words per minute. ‘Words’ in WPM is standardized to 5 characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute
- geoelectric 5y ago
  Word length in characters: Zylog Z80: 1 Intel 8086: 2 PowerPC: 4 Apple M1: 8 IBM Selectric: 5

So 10ish words per minute? Not blazing fast but for leading research pretty darn good! 40 WPM it probably beats the average human and most cell phone applications.

tobyjsullivan 5y ago

I guess the typer's experience could be a factor. I would expect someone to type around 10WPM - or even less - the first time they were placed in front of a keyboard. Getting to 40WPM usually takes years of practice. No evidence one way or another if this method could achieve the same with just practice and no changes to the technology.

Jtsummers 5y ago
> Getting to 40WPM usually takes years of practice. 30-40 WPM was the target for high school computer typing courses in the 90s (my experience, may have been a similar target earlier and I don't know the target for courses targeting typewriters), and this was a time when computers weren't ubiquitous like today. It's very feasible to hit that target in a few months especially if you learn proper hand placement (hunt & peck, two finger typists, will have a longer ramp up time but can often still hit those speed targets).

kordlessagain 5y ago

With about a word or two error every few minutes...maybe they could make the idea of rage run the backspace key.

visarga 5y ago
We're going to complain about neural interface design like we do about web design. What are the best mappings?

spoonjim 5y ago

For someone who previously couldn’t type, 10WPM probably feels like being able to leap over Mt. Everest.

melling 5y ago

Throw in some eye tracking software, autocompletion, specialized writing or programming software and you can do much better. https://www.tabnine.com/ https://www.tabnine.com/

sonograph 5y ago

The NN in the article is based on handwriting, so comparing WPM to handwriting is a better apples-to-apples comparison than typing: > Studies compiled by Amundson (1995) show that copying rates using handwriting at the 1st grade level are about 5 words per minute (WPM) on average, but by the end of elementary school at the 5th and 6th grade level are about 10 to 12 WPM. Source https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/hiat/resources/handwriting_speeds.pdf https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/hiat/resourc...

whiddershins 5y ago

Yeah, similar to another comment, autocomplete alone could get WPM way up

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cortesoft 5y ago

90 characters per minute is 18 words per minute. ‘Words’ in WPM is standardized to 5 characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute

geoelectric 5y ago
Word length in characters: Zylog Z80: 1 Intel 8086: 2 PowerPC: 4 Apple M1: 8 IBM Selectric: 5