STeve Andre' escreveu:
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> This is nearly complete bullshit.  For any individual, learning
> their characteristics could give rise to being able to know a
> great deal about what they are doing, but hardly for the 
> general case.
>
> I know people who type blindingly fast.  I'm a mutant hunt
> 'n pecker, but I can go 50wpm+ when on a good keyboard and
> awake, and far slower then conditions aren't good.  I also have
> a problem with my right hand which makes for typing problems
> at times.
>
> How about people with severe physical problems?  I know a C4
> quadrapledgic who types slowly, very slowly.  Depending on how
> he feels, his speed varies by probably a factor of 4 or so.
>
> Such a system could learn for an individual if you know things
> about them.  But what about a Chord keyboard?  Dvorak?(sp)
>
> If you want to worry, think about the sounds a keyboard makes.
> Get an old IBM "buckling spring" keyboard (original PC and AT)
> and listen to the sounds it makes.  That is something you
> could probably decode with decent accuracy.
>
> --STeve Andre'
>
>
>   

http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2008/EECS-2008-32.html

No need to say more. I'm not using keyboards anymore. I think we have
much worse things to worry.

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