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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