The system learned to translate brain activity to physical intent after just 30 sentences. Typing speeds reached 22 words per minute with few errors, nearly matching speeds of able-bodied smartphone users.

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    Yeah but like… This is a post about people who couldn’t type at all before. Even 22WPM is a massive quality of life boost, and all I’m saying is that even such a modest speed unlocks pretty much all of the contributory ability a strong typist has (and that slower isn’t always worse).

    • apotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.org
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      Oh for sure! But them saying that 22wpm is “nearly as fast as smartphone users” is what I’m calling out. This is an enormous improvement for the people who it affects!