And, the quickest way Microsoft can convince me to purchase a Surface RT tablet, is to tell me that I can use it as a swyping keyboard for my desktop computer. And that’s it-that’s the reason I am willing to divorce my QWERTY keyboards. Why do I adore swyping so much, if it’s not the speed? Well, here is the short version: dragging the finger all over a virtual keyboard uses less muscle than a traditional keyboard, especially for someone accustomed to typing with two fingers. I also started hating the QWERTY keyboards that have been my friend for the last 25 years. To my surprise, it only took less than a month of switching from iPhone 4S to Android Jelly Bean to turn me into a believer-to the extent that I started searching for a non-existent tablet-like flat keyboard for my Windows 7 based PC. If I was to use a stop watch I am sure that I can type as fast, if not faster, than swype. Strictly speaking, I wasn’t far off for someone with minor motor skills impairment, I could swype no more accurately than I could type. I first came across the trace typing technology at the annual CSUN International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference in 2011, but respectfully ignored it, because I figured that there’s nothing swype can do that typing with auto-correction and/or word-prediction can’t do faster. You literally swipe your finger from B down to E without picking up your finger.
However, thanks to my new state-of-the-art Android phone, I have had the chance to turn this narrative of shame into a narrative of redemption, and nobody needs to commit hara-kiri! Oh, and in case you do not yet know what swype is-the words swipe and type combined-and it’s the input mode where your finger goes from B to E without stopping when typing the word “because”.
As someone who has the word “technology” in his job title, the shame and dishonor of such wilful neglect brought upon my person is incalculable. I have recently-yes, only recently-gotten friendly with swype input.
Image of Swype keyboard By Chi Hung Luke Hsieh
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