Fact · Typing and writing speed
In the 2013 tablet study, word prediction further decreased typing speed on a virtual QWERTY keyboard, without improving the error rate.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“further decreases typing speed, without improving the error rate”
Improving text entry performance on tablet devices, Élvio Rodrigues et al., Eurographics conference proceedings (Eurographics, DOI 10.2312/pt20131347), 2013, Abstract.
Open the original (DOI 10.2312/pt20131347)- What it measures
- The keyboard with no visual changes was the fastest of the variants tested, and word prediction made it slower.
- What it does not show
- Twenty participants on one setup. The result is about word prediction on a tablet keyboard, not about autocorrection.