People in this topic might be interested in a project of mine: one-handed typing using your existing two-handed muscle memory.
Basically the muscle memory you use to type "F" is the same as typing "J"; index finger, home row. Your left hand already has the muscle memory to type right-hand characters, and vice versa. Press the "mirrored" key with the other hand... your brain should be able to make this substitution almost automatically.
Add some software predictive text and you can suddenly type fast with one hand with hardly any learning. Especially good for temporary hand injuries.
Sounds like really cool software! Is it agnostic of my keyboard layout? Dvorak user here.
That would mean I can not only freak out people that my keys don't type what they say, but that I only need one hand and somehow it works out what I want. People will surely take me for a con artist.
Is caps-lock toggling the only way to use it in the paid app, or does the menu item turn it on and off? Do numbers and other coding-symbols get chorded in the main app? Also, is there any research into how long it takes to go from Dvorak to this sort of style?
Thanks for trying the app. How does the technique work for you? I don't have any official numbers, but it seems like many people can type 30+ words per minute with very little learning. Faster with practice.
Currently no chording for numbers or programmer symbols. Basic punctuation marks (,.:;?! etc.) are predicted at the end of words. Caps Lock is the current toggle switch, but I'll be adding a custom option in the next version.
As an example, tapping the keys "tges" with your left hand will output "this". See how the keys correspond spatially on the keyboard? [G -> H] [E -> I]
Basically the muscle memory you use to type "F" is the same as typing "J"; index finger, home row. Your left hand already has the muscle memory to type right-hand characters, and vice versa. Press the "mirrored" key with the other hand... your brain should be able to make this substitution almost automatically.
Add some software predictive text and you can suddenly type fast with one hand with hardly any learning. Especially good for temporary hand injuries.
Mac or PC: http://www.onehandkeyboard.org/download/