Jason Cole • 6/4/2017

Swype right

This article explores the optimization of the English QWERTY keyboard layout to reduce the average distance a thumb must travel when typing with Swype-style keyboards. It begins with a humorous anecdote about typing 'banana' and 'Brand' to illustrate the problem. The author analyzes letter pair distances, transition frequencies from the Reuters corpus, and visualizes which letter pairs contribute most to total distance, finding that 'AN' is a major contributor. The average distance per letter on QWERTY is calculated as approximately 3.2 units, suggesting room for improvement.

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#English Language #Typing Efficiency #Keyboard Optimization