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There's a Japanese smartphone layout which is really fast. It's based on the number pad. There are 9 base consonants (K S T N H M Y R W) and 5 vowels (A I U E
by klodolph 4y ago
There's a Japanese smartphone layout which is really fast. It's based on the number pad.
There are 9 base consonants (K S T N H M Y R W) and 5 vowels (A I U E O), and every syllable is either vowel or consonant + vowel. Digits 0-9 on the number pad correspond with the consonants (including "no consonant"), and then you swipe in a different direction for a different vowel (4 vowels for swiping in a direction, 1 vowel for not swiping).
Nice, big chunky buttons you can press with one thumb on one hand, and each time you press one of those big, chunky buttons, you get an entire syllable. After a little bit of practice, I can type on this layout much faster than I can type in English, even though my Japanese is not very good.
- meatmanek 4y agoI switched to this keyboard for my Wanikani reviews because I find I make fewer typos with it, but I personally find it slower than the QWERTY-based romaji input. Words that use unvoiced, full-size kana are super fast (especially if it has a bunch of あ vowels like あたたかい, which takes 4 taps and 1 swipe instead of 8 taps in romaji), but words with lots of voiced consonants and small kana need you to tap the modifier button a bunch (e.g. ざっぴ requires seven taps+swipes, instead of just 5 taps on the romaji input).
- chaorace 4y agoThere's also an English implementation of this same layout concept on Android and iOS called MessageEase[1]. I've been using it for almost 10 years now and have been quite happy with the support over time. You can consistently type without looking at the keyboard once you learn the layout, which I've found to be great for note-taking [1]: https://www.exideas.com/ME/index.php https://www.exideas.com/ME/index.php