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Palm 'Molecular' Keyboard

Posted by michael on from the 50-taps-per-minute dept.

Frank writes: "Here's an interesting new Palm application I found over at PalmGear.com. It's a new technology from IBM research called ATOMIK, it potentially allows typing of faster than 40 words per minute by using a Metropolis optimization algorithm in which the special keyboard is treated as a "molecule" and each key as an "atom"."

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  1. What about Fitaly? by Radnor · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Back when I had my Palm PDA I used FitalyStamp as my input method (a version is also available for the PocketPC). It's significantly faster than graffiti, and according to a contest held last year the fastest "tapist" could tap out words at 81.74 wpm! Sound crazy? You can see for yourself how fast they tap.

  2. Good picture by Simm0 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Here's a better image of what the keyboard actally looks like.

  3. Re:Suffers from the same problem as dvorak.. by dawgmykatz · · Score: 2, Interesting
    It's not impossible, but it is very difficult when the two means are similar enough to interfere with one another

    Indeed. I used to a be a 70+ wpm qwerty typist, until I decided to switch to Dvorak this past January. After eight months, I mostly have my speed back, but now whenever I'm forced to use qwerty, I have to resort to hunt-and-peck. At any rate, Dvorak is much more comfortable, and I'm happy I made the switch -- I just don't see how anyone could ever manage to keep track of both keyboard layouts in their head.