PawTab - One Hand Typing Tablet App Put Into The Public Domain For Open Source Development.

Still typing with two hands? PawTab, the one hand typing app is open for development. You can make it happen this year.

PawTab - One Hand Typing App

Matt McMahon / Via bleatosphere.com

It was only a matter of time until someone finally came up with a workable tablet app for typing with one hand, replacing the two handed typewriter invented in the 1860s. The PawTab works by tapping any combination of fingers in one of three positions (front, back or off) – like playing chords on a piano. With five fingers there are 488 chords, many times those available on a regular keyboard.

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"It takes about 10 minutes of practice to get down the alphabet," author Matt McMahon explains. "After that you can practice on any surface at any time." The full chord combinations and a video of the alphabet being typed is available on bleatOsphere.com, the author's blog (or bleat). When you learn the chords for one hand, you can easily use them with the other hand. Either way, one hand is always free.

Mr. McMahon has expressly placed the tablet app concept into the Public Domain so that it could be freely developed as Open Source. Only the chord patterns themselves are copyrighted to create a universal standard as the app is developed.

"I'm hoping that enough people show interest in the PawTab to entice app developers to make this a reality by the end of this year," Matt McMahon explains.