On a normal PC, you can only
properly touch type using all fingers of both hands (and after some lengthy
training). There are many advantages to working in this way though. The most
important is speed. Also worth noting is the lower likelihood of errors, and
the ability to focus on text, rather than the mechanics of transferring it onto
a screen. It’s not surprising then that for a number of years touch typing has
been an integral part of professional training completed by journalists and
secretaries.
It
was the ability to use it for touch typing that gave the original QWERTY (developed
by McGurrin in 1878) its competitive edge over other systems introduced around
that time.
To a certain extent, it is possible to touch type on phones with physical keyboards, either the standard, alphanumeric ones, or the Blackberry-style, miniature QWERTY types.
Unfortunately,
this is no longer true for smartphones equipped with touchscreens. Typing on a
flat glass surface requires constant shifting of attention from text to keys,
and back. The lack of any orientation points – as well as feedback from
pressing the keys – means the sense of touch just isn't enough.
Thanks
to its unique features ETAOI allows to overcome the above limitations.
The main advantage of the keyboard
here is the number, as well as the layout of its keys. With five clear-cut buttons in a horizontal line, all movement is alongside only one axis. Placing your thumb underneath the bottom edge of the phone is enough
to serve as an orientation point for all slides. This means typing can be finally
done without looking!
What
is more, learning this new way of inputting text takes much less time than
learning to touch type on a computer. But this shouldn’t come as a surprise:
with ETAOI you only use one finger and need to coordinate movements between just
five points alongside a short, straight line.
Try ETAOI and you can develop
a skill which up to now has been the domain of trained professionals using
full-size keyboards!
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