[ExI] Single-hand touch typing in Ender's Game

[Eugen Leitl]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 10:56:57AM -0500, Odell Huff wrote:

> Dear Cave Shadows--I'm a twenty-year lurker on this list and this is my
> first post, or question rather. In the (enthralling!) movie, Ender types

Two-decade lurker, that's got to be a new record.

> complete-sentence emails with one hand on a touch screen. Does this
> technology actually exist, or could it? I was thinking I would very much
> like to take notes mobilely, on say an iPhone, the writing equivalent to a
> micro recorder. It seems to me the tech would be easy, the hard part might
> be having to learn to type like a court reporter...

You mean a chorded keyboard on a multitouch device?

http://labs.teague.com/2012/02/08/doug-engelbarts-chorded-keyboard-as-a-multi-touch-interface/