Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is the age of the touch typist ending?

2013-07-04 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/03/2013 09:27 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "martyboi" wrote: >>> The perfection of voice-to-text technologies, coupled >>> with the inevitable acceptance of simplified English >>> (like u, ur, etc.)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is the age of the touch typist ending?

2013-07-03 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "martyboi" wrote: > > > > The perfection of voice-to-text technologies, coupled > > with the inevitable acceptance of simplified English > > (like u, ur, etc.) and anticipatory word selection > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is the age of the touch typist ending?

2013-07-03 Thread sparaig
Keep in mind that QWERTY was actually designed to slow DOWN your typing speed. I don't know that a good touch typist is ever going to be slower than a 2 finger typist, but the speed record holder for touch typing uses the Dvorak keyboard, not QWERTY, anyways. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is the age of the touch typist ending?

2013-07-03 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "martyboi" wrote: > > The perfection of voice-to-text technologies, coupled > with the inevitable acceptance of simplified English > (like u, ur, etc.) and anticipatory word selection > (from a limited corporate-approved dictionary) may > eliminate even th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is the age of the touch typist ending?

2013-07-03 Thread martyboi
The perfection of voice-to-text technologies, coupled with the inevitable acceptance of simplified English (like u, ur, etc.) and anticipatory word selection (from a limited corporate-approved dictionary) may eliminate even the two-finger technique and change what acceptable written text looks a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is the age of the touch typist ending?

2013-07-03 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Over this last week I've noticed something interesting. > > Sitting in cafes as I do, I've become aware that many > > young people are *much* faster at "ty

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is the age of the touch typist ending?

2013-07-03 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Over this last week I've noticed something interesting. > Sitting in cafes as I do, I've become aware that many > young people are *much* faster at "typing" on their > iPhones or other Smartphones than I am, just *screaming* > along using