User Characteristics

Aided Rapid Keyboarding (SHARK) -> article

SHARK is an on-screen keypad (by IBM) that has an ATOMIK key layout which is designed to put letters that commonly appear in words right next to each. Instead of tapping the letter keys the user slides the stylus over the letters and creates a spelling "gesture" which is what the program actually translates into text. The whole process is extremely rapid and very intuitive requiring a very short learning curve.

Software matches (imagine only first and last letter correct).

Frequent words have a short line.

70 words/min (handwriting 15 words/min).

Learn with balloon game.