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Agree completely, just wanted to point out that 99.5% accuracy would mean 5 typos within the length of your comment. For any significant amount of typing it wou

by cwe 12y ago

Agree completely, just wanted to point out that 99.5% accuracy would mean 5 typos within the length of your comment. For any significant amount of typing it would need to be way more accurate. But then again, all this thing really is is a super-charged autocorrect, so they could probably fix those errors.

mey 12y ago
Or spawn a whole new class of damn you auto-corrects.
- bsimpson 12y ago
  People who type a lot may be interested in moving away from the keyboard-and-screen model for ergonomic reasons. "This is how you don't fuck up your body while working" is a lot stronger selling point than "Wouldn't not carrying a keyboard with your tablet be nice?" People who type a lot are likely to be working with some level of jargon (variable names for programmers, macros and cell codes for data analysts, etc.) rather than the pure prose autocorrect is designed for. AFAIK, there aren't any good demos of autocorrecting keyboards for technical domains. That said, TextMate's autocomplete works pretty well most of the time. If you could seed the autospell dictionary with a combination of language-specific keywords and the variables that have already been defined in your project (ala TextMate), that could be pretty powerful for technical people trying to be productive with alternate input methods.
  - Argorak 12y ago
    I am not sure of that. This might be fueled by a lot of negativity, but many people I know care 0 about ergonomic reasons, even if it fucks up their body while working. Chair too low, not configured, table not at the correct height, although easily changeable... I could go on. Also, I am not sure how this thing makes anything better: you still have to do hand movements correctly and most people will need some kind of surface to orient their hands on. Same problem, without a keyboard.
  - goblin89 12y ago
    > "This is how you don't fuck up your body while working" As an aside, “Using Python to code by voice”[0] is quite an inspiring presentation on the topic. [0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SkdfdXWYaI#t=542 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SkdfdXWYaI#t=542
    - johnzim 12y ago
      That talk is why I switched to a standing desk and changed my keyboards.

by cwe 12y ago

mey 12y ago

Or spawn a whole new class of damn you auto-corrects.

bsimpson 12y ago
People who type a lot may be interested in moving away from the keyboard-and-screen model for ergonomic reasons. "This is how you don't fuck up your body while working" is a lot stronger selling point than "Wouldn't not carrying a keyboard with your tablet be nice?" People who type a lot are likely to be working with some level of jargon (variable names for programmers, macros and cell codes for data analysts, etc.) rather than the pure prose autocorrect is designed for. AFAIK, there aren't any good demos of autocorrecting keyboards for technical domains. That said, TextMate's autocomplete works pretty well most of the time. If you could seed the autospell dictionary with a combination of language-specific keywords and the variables that have already been defined in your project (ala TextMate), that could be pretty powerful for technical people trying to be productive with alternate input methods.
- Argorak 12y ago
  I am not sure of that. This might be fueled by a lot of negativity, but many people I know care 0 about ergonomic reasons, even if it fucks up their body while working. Chair too low, not configured, table not at the correct height, although easily changeable... I could go on. Also, I am not sure how this thing makes anything better: you still have to do hand movements correctly and most people will need some kind of surface to orient their hands on. Same problem, without a keyboard.
- goblin89 12y ago
  > "This is how you don't fuck up your body while working" As an aside, “Using Python to code by voice”[0] is quite an inspiring presentation on the topic. [0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SkdfdXWYaI#t=542 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SkdfdXWYaI#t=542
  - johnzim 12y ago
    That talk is why I switched to a standing desk and changed my keyboards.