Who came up with this direct touch typing idea? It seems half baked to
me. I don't remember reading anything about it prior to the IOS 8
launch. It reminds me of the handwriting feature added seemingly at the
last minute to IOS 7. I don't know anyone who uses the handwriting
input method on a regular basis and I suspect the same will be true with
the direct touch typing as well.
*From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
Behalf Of *christopher hallsworth
*Sent:* Monday, September 22, 2014 2:55 PM
*To:* Viphone
*Subject:* Re: Direct touch typing
No. Direct Touch Typing does not involve any lifting at all. You just
tap directly on the letter to have it inserted. It involves quick and
precise movements on the touch screen.
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On 22 Sep 2014, at 04:42, Neal Ewers <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Christopher. This makes sense. But, to quote another list member. "With
touch typing,
you simply lift your finger to enter a character. With direct touch
typing, you lift your finger, then tap it down in the same place."
I can't see this making sense. If I am going to slide my finger around
to look for characters, why wouldn't I just use touch typing. That way
all I have to do is to get to a character and lift my finger. With
direct touch typing used in the quote above, I am simply adding a step.
When I get to a character, I not only have to raise my finger, but I now
have to bring it down and tap again.
I would think what one would want to do her is what Christopher and
others are suggesting. You don't slide your finger, you just hover over
where you think the character is and then touch the screen. Yes, you can
slide if you miss it, and I guess this is a good way to practice. But to
simply use it like touch typing all the time and have to raise and lower
your finger seems more trouble than it is worth to me.
Neal
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Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 10:30 PM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Direct touch typing
I've plaid with direct touch typing just a bit now, and I think the
difference is that with touch typing you need to leave your finger on a
letter for a beat before you lift it. I think this keeps you from
accidentally entering the wrong character as you're sliding your finger
around the keyboard. With direct touch typing, I think the character is
entered if you just tap the character. Direct touch typing would be
faster if you're pretty good at knowing right where the character is and
can land on it without having to slide your finger around at all. . For
my part, I'm getting good at knowing where the delete key is as I
practice direct touch typing.
On 09/21/2014 09:49 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote:
I'm about half the time one character off so I do have to slide my
finger to the correct character in that case. Touch typing and direct
touch typing are exactly alike up to this point. With touch typing,
you simply lift your finger to enter a character. With direct touch
typing, you lift your finger, then tap it down in the same place. It
sDs like there wouldn't be much difference between the two, but I
think the action of actually tapping creates the illusion of typing
more effectively, and kind of awakens the muscle memory for typing, if
that makes sense.
Teresa
"We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and
seeing with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks
On Sep 21, 2014, at 6:30 PM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
At the risk of being condescended to, I guess I don't get it either.
When I use touch typing, I drop my finger on the character I want to
enter and then I lift my finger to insert that character into the
edit field. I don't slide my finger around looking for the character
I want, so I'm not quite seeing what direct touch typing buys me. I
guess I'll just have to bring it up and play with it, since the
descriptions I'm seeing on the list aren't really clicking with me.
On 09/21/2014 12:37 PM, christopher hallsworth wrote:
Touch typing is where you can slide your finger to a letter then
lift it before it will be inserted in a text field. Direct Touch
Typing involves directly tapping on the letter which will be
immediately inserted into a text field. I don't understand the confusion
here?
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On 21 Sep 2014, at 18:36, Pablo Morales <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
But it sound like the old touch typing style, doesn't it?
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<mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]>[mailto:[email protected]]*
On
Behalf Of*christopher hallsworth
*Sent:*Sunday, September 21, 2014 12:30 PM *To:*Viphone
*Subject:*Re: Direct touch typing
It works a lot like typing on a physical qwerty keyboard. Instead
of finding the letter and either lifting your finger or double tap
to insert, you simply tap and release immediately to input the
letter, the same as you would on a physical qwerty keyboard.
Sent from my Macbook Pro
On 21 Sep 2014, at 13:44, Alvin <[email protected]
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<mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Sorry if this topic has already been covered. How do I use direct
touch typing?
Thank you.
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