Typists can't use Touch screens as they are not responsive enough for 80+ wpm and as others have stated - RSI.

Edited by broadband66 (Wed 15-May-13 11:30:26)

In reply to a post by broadband66:

Typists can't use Touch screens as they are not responsive enough for 80+ wps and as others have stated - RSI.

I doubt if many keyboards could handle 80+ wps either

Granted!

Data could.

I agree with home use not always suitable for touch.

First I sit away from the screen so can't touch it.
Second (and most important) anyone trying to put a finger-mark on my screen will lose their digit!

I thought getting rid of Start button a terrible idea.
But I'm glad they did, as it made me use a third-party one, that I feel is much better than the MS one.

I believe it's possible to buy a number of peripheral devices for various specialised requirements, such as keyboards for typists.

A lot of the negative comments lately in this thread are reminiscent of when the iPad was launched.

In reply to a post by camieabz:

I was using my voice recognition dictation tonight. Still in training, but it's not bad. I'll take a guess that the future will be retina focus eye piece type technology, akin to aircraft targeting systems, coupled with voice. Look at the app/menu/item and give the command.

Voice recognition never seems to work for me, not as well as it does for my mate,but then he have got a clear voice.

In reply to a post by DavidFinbarr:

I thought getting rid of Start button a terrible idea.
But I'm glad they did, as it made me use a third-party one, that I feel is much better than the MS one.

the problem with third party ones is that they may not work when Ms does a update, as been proved with windows 8.1

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

Voice recognition never seems to work for me

I'm always worried that it might work too well, and the computer try to do what I sometimes suggest it does