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I'd love to see a progression of typing speed over time. That's the real test.

I believe this idea can have potential for breaking the world record because there is no finger-to-key travel. But maybe it is diminished by the having to press a key multiple times over to get to the target just like in old cellphones [0].

Alternatively maybe one could brute force the problem of optimal keyboard layout/etc using simulations. Like that robot (human) hand that solves rubik's cubes by learning through simulation (apparently, from OpenAI [1]).

[0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Telephon...

[1] https://openai.com/blog/solving-rubiks-cube/




Way back when paying a stack of bills at the postoffice the clerk was adding numbers at a breathtaking speed on a mechanical calculator. I've often had the thought, why not write by typing ASCII codes on a numeric keypad?


[2] https://i.imgur.com/XcCbOsB.png quick infographic of the bottleneck




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