I tend to do a lot of typing with one thumb. I find that I do the typical dopy thing of typing while I am walking along. I hold the phone in my right hand and type with the same thumb. This is where we blind guide dog users have a slight advantage over our sighted counterparts. At least my guide dog is still watching where we are going while I am typing. As soon as my left hand is free of the harness handle though, I quickly revert to holding the phone with my left hand and using my pointer and middle fingers of my right hand.
I can't imagine doing much typing or anything much without headphones though. I think my wife would go mad if I constantly had VO chirping away while we were driving along. Garth On 18/05/2012, at 5:36 PM, Rob Harris wrote: > This is so counter-intuative given size of thumbs and how much of the keys a > thumb would mask out. Someone else mentioned getting the phone close enough > to hear well, which ends up with phone up in one hand and use a finger or > two on the other to type. Otherwise, it's writing aids like alternative > input method or keyboard of some kind. > > I'll have to ask MrsH how she types. > > RobH. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ricardo Walker" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:18 AM > Subject: Re: typing on the phone > > > Hi, > > The overwhelming majority of smartphone owners type with there thumbs. If > you happen to go out with someone sighted, ask them how many people they see > thum typing. This is probably the fastest way of inputing text on these > devices. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On May 17, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Mike Cassidy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi listers, >> >> This is fascinating: How many folk type on a standard keyboard with their >> thumbs? I've just tried using my thumbs; I suppose with practice I could >> improve, but it just doesn't feel right somehow. It's a good job there >> isn't >> a correct way, and good that we can all choose our preferred method. >> >> Regards, >> >> Mike >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Raul A. Gallegos >> Sent: 17 May 2012 20:38 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: typing on the phone >> >> Most sighted people use their thumbs to type even on touch screens. As to >> what most blind people using touch screens use, that's anyone's guess. I >> have used both styles. So I cancel out the statistics. >> >> -- >> Raul A. Gallegos >> A lifelong friend is someone you haven't borrowed money from yet. ~ >> Anonymous Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com >> Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 >> Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 >> >> On 5/17/2012 1:09 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: >>> It's always been my understanding that this is how the majority of >>> people type on their smart phones with a querty keyboard or numeric >>> keypad, i.e. using their thumbs. This is how I typed on my last two >>> Symbian phones, which had a numeric keypad and then a querty keyboard. >>> I'm not so sure it's how the majority of people use the touch screen >>> interface on their smart phones. It seems like more people use a >>> pointer finger. I don't have any statistical data though, so this is >>> all just anecdotal. >>> >>> BTW, I have been giving touch typing another chance, and although it's >>> early, I'm thinking I may end up preferring it over split tapping. I >>> know I've been a big advocate of split tapping, but all of the people >>> on this list talking about how great touch typing is caused me to give >>> it another chance, and I may be glad I did. >>> >>> On 17/05/12 11:51, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>> Ah! >>>> >>>> I use both my right and my left thumb to type. This is how the majority >> of people type on smart phones. >>>> >>>> Ricardo Walker >>>> [email protected] >>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>> >>>> On May 17, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Gretchen Maune<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sounds like there's a good bit of variety out there. I've always >>>>> used my right thumb for all my typing, that is, until I got my apple >>>>> bluetooth keyboard last fall. Now, if I'm going to be typing more >>>>> than a couple of words, I use that instead. >>>>> >>>>> -Gretchen >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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