Comment on Brain Implants Let Paralyzed People Type Nearly as Fast as Smartphone Users
yakko@feddit.uk 1 day agoI love to type fast, but I recognise it’s not as valuable as typing something worth reading. I used to write long emails and it was never really worth a damn in the end. As for writing books, those aren’t the kind of thing you should just firehose onto the page either.
apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 day ago
Sure but we’re not talking about what’s being typed, rather how fast you can type it.
yakko@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Yeah but like… This is a post about people who couldn’t type at all before. Even 22WPM is a massive quality of life boost, and all I’m saying is that even such a modest speed unlocks pretty much all of the contributory ability a strong typist has (and that slower isn’t always worse).
apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 day ago
Oh for sure! But them saying that 22wpm is “nearly as fast as smartphone users” is what I’m calling out. This is an enormous improvement for the people who it affects!