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ohwilleke
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A system similar to the one suggested is used, but not to type fast. It is used by people like Hawking with ALS who have a very limited capacity to type. You type a first couple of letter and your are given a menu of words from which you can pick.
Fast typing systems with multiple keystrokes are called machine shorthand and there are numerous versions. One example is here: http://www.spellingsociety.org/journals/j16/palantype.html
They work mostly by converting several letters that create a single sound into one entry. Certain common words or phrases have their own keys. For example, court reporters typically set up a "hotkey" for a name used often in the material transcribed.
Fast typing systems with multiple keystrokes are called machine shorthand and there are numerous versions. One example is here: http://www.spellingsociety.org/journals/j16/palantype.html
They work mostly by converting several letters that create a single sound into one entry. Certain common words or phrases have their own keys. For example, court reporters typically set up a "hotkey" for a name used often in the material transcribed.
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