Hi Dark, Yeah, I don't know how long the hunt and peck method of input will last either, but I agree with your point that for those sorts of people using a touchscreen probably isn't much different. One hunt and peck system is probably as good as another. Its only the professional and semi-professionals who know how to type who will notice the difference in speed and efficiency.
As for the word abbreviations textspeak, netspeak, etc whatever you want to call that too is also a factor. Since people can't type or simply don't want to type out fully formed words on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media I suspect we are going to see a lot more of that besides the usual things like oic, lol, brb, etc. As long as people confine it to their Twitter feed or Facebook page I don't mind as much, but when I see it in e-mail posts that is when I get a bit annoyed since I'd like people to actually spell words rather than trying to read sentences composed of gibberish. In any case your point is a good one. With the lack of formal training in typing, people's tendencies these days to shorten everything to three and four letter abbreviations, I suspect many sighted people probably don't notice a difference in using a touchscreen over the use of a full sized keyboard the way a blind person would. On 4/1/15, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > Your probably correct that as people learn typing in school, the "hunt and > > peck" as you call it type of thing will drop out of favour, though unless > someone is a professional and needs to take dictation or frequently type > long peaces of work how long it will continue and whether someone would just > > go back to what is for sighted people the more natural method of looking at > > the keys I don't know. > > Either way, my point was just that this is probably one area where the > touch screen phone system would be equal to a keyboard for most people, ---- > > indeed with the increasing frequency of text short, abbreviated speech and > > such I do wonder if things are perhaps going a bit far ther other way. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
