Fact · Typing and writing speed
1.30%uncorrected error rate with speech
Speech produced fewer errors during entry than the phone keyboard (5.30% vs 11.22% corrected error rate) but left slightly more errors in the final text (1.30% vs 0.79% uncorrected error rate).
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“although speech made fewer errors during entry (5.30% vs. 11.22% corrected error rate), it left slightly more errors in the final transcribed text (1.30% vs. 0.79% uncorrected error rate)”
Comparing Speech and Keyboard Text Entry for Short Messages in Two Languages on Touchscreen Phones, Sherry Ruan et al., Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), 2018, Abstract.
Open the original (DOI 10.1145/3161187)- What it measures
- Corrected error rate counts mistakes the participant fixed while entering; uncorrected error rate counts mistakes still present in the submitted text.
- What it does not show
- Measured on short messages with a 2016 recognizer; error rates of current recognizers differ by engine, speaker and microphone.
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