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Re: Twiddler keyboard tutor

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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 21:10:03 +0200

Hello Thad,

I recently buy one, and was dreaming about something like that!

Wearable software of the year ? :)

a great idea and work!

Thanx !

Friday, September 2, 2005, 2:30:23 AM, you wrote:

TES> Folks- My students have completed their work on the Twiddler keyboard
TES> evaluations and have made a Twiddler tutor (Twidor) to get people up
TES> to speed quickly.  This tutor really has a lot of thought put into it
TES> and its concepts have proven to be pretty successful (see the papers
TES> linked from the web site).  Hmm...we should probably still shoot a
TES> quick video showing how to (and not to) hold the Twiddler.  Hope
TES> people find the Twidor useful!

TES>                                                 Thad

TES> --------
TES> Howdy!

TES> Twidor, the Twiddler Tutor has finally arrived for public consumption.
TES> Details can be found here:
TES> http://www.cc.gatech.edu/ccg/projects/twidor/

TES> It's a simple java program that displays the twiddler in one section of
TES> the screen and highlights keypresses to aid the user in finding what
TES> combination to press next.

TES> - Multi-character chords are enabled by default, and the default keymap
TES>         is that of the Twiddler 2.
TES> - There is support for overriding the default keymap, lesson plan, and
TES>         lessons (examples on the webpage).
TES> - Measures speed in WPM, and average error rate based on minimum string
TES>         distance and fixes (Soukeroff and Mackenzie's latest method).
TES> - Experimentation has shown that it can take a novice from 0-20 wpm in
TES>         about 2 weeks of practice (at about 20 minutes a day). Expert
TES>         rates of over 60 wpm!

TES> I suppose I have to field questions and comments on it, since I am the
TES> author and maintainer. So! Fire away. Bugs, problems, etc. 
TES> ()

TES> Enjoy
TES> ~Gibby

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