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Is Kana input really that much faster than Romaji? I've almost never seen it used (presumably because you have to learn romaji input to type in English anyway,
by dwg 5y ago
Is Kana input really that much faster than Romaji? I've almost never seen it used (presumably because you have to learn romaji input to type in English anyway, so why learn a second input method), so can't speak to its speed.
However, is it possible that ten-key style input could actually be faster than Kana input? After all, direct Kana input in Japanese is kind of equivalent to Roman input in English in the sense of one key = one character, but this keyboard claims to be faster than direct input due to not needing to move your fingers around. Couldn't the same thing be true for Japanese? In fact, for Kana input the problem of finger travel is even worse due to more keys = longer travel.
- makeitdouble 5y agoI've never seen it used IRL as well. People tout a 30% speed increase over romaji: https://persol-tech-s.co.jp/i-engineer/technology/key-kana https://persol-tech-s.co.jp/i-engineer/technology/key-kana > this keyboard claims to be faster than direct input due to not needing to move your fingers around That would perhaps work if you remapped the movement to not be linked to romaji, but direct kana mappings. Then it's not just 26 keys combination for the alphabet alone, but 46+ more arrangement, and more for ° and ". With 10 fingers it feels like hell just for standard text input (to note, you can only use 9 for combination as you need a transformation key, and I guess you also need backspace and arrow keys ?), and you add to that punctuation etc. I'm not sure there can be an actual human being effectively typing faster with this...
- dwg 5y agothanks for the link! > That would perhaps work if you remapped the movement to not be linked to romaji, but direct kana mappings. Yes, I picture the same 12 key basic input mapping as on smart phones. The CharaCorder has enough joysticks, but looking again at their website it doesn't look like it would work—seems like each joystick only supports 4 directions?... too bad.