One-Handed Touch Typing on a QWERTY keyboard
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15216191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edgar Matias (corresponding author), I Scott MacKenzie (0000-0003-1731-9651, University of Guelph), William Buxton, William J Buxton (0009-0002-7821-2567, University of Toronto) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-27 |
| Publication date | 1996-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human-Computer Interaction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0737-0024 • E-ISSN: 1532-7051 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1207/s15327051hci1101_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2154677055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
Half-QWERTY" is a new, one-handed typing technique designed to facilitate the transfer of two-handed touch-typing skill to the one-handed condition. It is performed on a standard keyboard with modified software or on a special half-keyboard with full-size keys. In an experiment using touch typists, hunt-and-peck typing speeds were surpassed after 3 to 4 hr of practice. Subjects reached 50% of their two-handed typing speed after about 8 hr. After 10 hr, all subjects typed between 41% and 73% of their two-handed speed, ranging from 23.8 to 42.8 words per minute (wpm). In extended testing, subjects achieved average one-handed speeds as high as 60 wpm and 83% of their two-handed rate. These results are important for providing access to disabled users and for designing compact computers
Computer hardware · Operating system · Physics · Right handed · Speech recognition · Typing · Words per minute · Computer Science · Interactive and Immersive Displays · Motor Control and Adaptation · Tactile and Sensory Interactions · Software
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2016 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |