Would you like to improve your typing?

I’m a masters researcher, currently working on a project to do with typing for those with any kind of limited mobility. Whether it’s typing documents, communicating online or creating input for a speech synthesiser, I’d love to hear about your experiences. As a designer and engineer, my goal is ultimately to create solutions to make this part of digital life easier and more efficient. Below are a few questions to get started.
I’m also keen to meet as many people as possible to try out some new ideas and get your feedback on what I could improve. If you have some free time (I certainly have a lot at the moment!) and would like to get involved, please let me know. Obviously this would take place over the phone/ video chat for now. Thanks!
Questions:
For what purposes do you type?
How do you type? (which physical devices, which software etc.)
Have you tried a number of options? What were they and how did you decide on one?
What problems (if any) do you face around typing?
If you could change absolutely anything about the way you type, what would it be?
Have you at any point been able to write by hand with pen/ pencil? (with or without assistance)
What has been your experience with using voice recognition as a method of typing?
Replies
Welcome to the community. I'm pretty sure you will have a lot of emails coming your way even as I type which for people with hands problems takes ages. It is made even harder when one also has speech problems and can't use voice synthesiser. Yes I can write but then I can't read it back. But being able to use a computer allows people to
To have a job and be part of society, which gives a feeling of self worth Stay in touch (especially now) Online shop Write emails/letters Study and do course work Play games Listen to music/podcast Find information.
The computer is invaluable in sprite of the difficulties so please could I help you.
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2- I use my laptop mainly but I also have a iPhone. So I use that.
3- Not sure. What other options are out there? Could you elaborate more on this particular question please? Thanks in advance. Do you mean paid for typing lessons?
4- None as I am pretty good at typing.
5- Nothing comes to mind honestly.
6- I have had no issues with writing with a pen at all.
7- I have had not any helpful experience with such software sorry.
Thanks!
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