Researchers at the University of St Andrews in Scotland have developed a new type of “thumb-typing” keyboard. Discovered Which will help in faster word processing on touch screen devices. The manufacturers claim that the layout will make typing easier and faster than conventional QWERTY keyboards on tablets and larger smartphones. The new design is called KALQ with a combination of letters located on one of its lines.

6 of St. Andrews University Researchers Is working with two more teams from Germany and the United States to create a virtual keyboard app that Android Available for free for dependent devices. According to the developers of the layout, in terms of performance, thumb typing is different from the real Qwerty keyboard that was created in the nineteenth century. According to them, ordinary QWERTY keyboard users can type a maximum of 20 words per minute on a touchscreen device, which is much slower than the usual keyboards used in computers.

This thumb keyboard is designed with two thumbs up the alphabet on either side of the screen. The team also said that the most used characters have been kept in a convenient place. In this case all the vowels of the English alphabet with some more letters are on the right side.

Along with the keyboard layout, he also created an incorrect correction algorithm Researchers. Through its integrated use, the thumb typing method has recorded a maximum of 36 words per minute. The technology will be unveiled at a conference in Paris on May 1.