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One-Handed Touch Typing on a QWERTY keyboard 

Authors: Edgar Matias a;  I. Scott MacKenzie b; William Buxton c
Affiliations:   a The Matias Corporation.
b University of Guelph.
c University of Toronto.
DOI: 10.1207/s15327051hci1101_1
Publication Frequency: 4 issues per year
Published in: journal Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 11, Issue 1 March 1996 , pages 1 - 27
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Abstract

"Half-QWERTY" is a new, one-handed typing technique designed to facilitate the transfer of two-handed touch-typing skill to the one-handed condition. It is performed on a standard keyboard with modified software or on a special half-keyboard with full-size keys. In an experiment using touch typists, hunt-and-peck typing speeds were surpassed after 3 to 4 hr of practice. Subjects reached 50% of their two-handed typing speed after about 8 hr. After 10 hr, all subjects typed between 41% and 73% of their two-handed speed, ranging from 23.8 to 42.8 words per minute (wpm). In extended testing, subjects achieved average one-handed speeds as high as 60 wpm and 83% of their two-handed rate. These results are important for providing access to disabled users and for designing compact computers.
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