People can type about 70% as fast on mobile devices as on QWERTY keyboards, research shows
Researchers from Finland's Aalto University, the University of Cambridge in the UK and Switzerland's ETH Zürich found that people type about 70% as fast on mobile devices as on QWERTY keyboards.The study looked at speed and accuracy data from a typing test taken by 37,000 volunteers in 160 countries.'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.Videx || {};CNN.Videx.mobile={};CNN.INJECTOR.executeFeature.then {CNN.VideoPlayer.
The story behind QWERTY 01:51The so-called"typing gap" is closing as people become less skilled at using full keyboards and better at using mobile devices. Increasing use of mobile devices may explain some increase in speed, but features such as auto-correct also improve performance.Read MoreOne person was able to hit a remarkable 85 words per minute on a mobile device, while the average performance among volunteers was around 36 words per minute.
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