There are plenty of keyboard apps out there to help you type faster,
but I've never seen anything quite like Nintype, the new iPhone keyboard
that promises typing speeds up to 130 words per minute.
Nintype uses a combination of methods to achieve this speed. It's
designed to be used with two hands simultaneously, and while you mostly
swipe from letter to letter, you can also use taps to indicate a double
letter.
The ability to touch multiple
letters simultaneously is especially helpful for small words consisting
of two letters, as you can literally tap both at the same time and it's
on to the next word.
There's also plenty of shortcuts
for accessing punctuation, saved texts, hashtags, and emojis without
switching keyboards (you just type a description of the emoji like
"smiley" and swipe down on the x key).
Because there's a bit of a learning
curve, Nintype suggests users start by using the keyboard normally and
slowly graduating to more swipes and shortcuts, and there's a great
little tutorial that comes with it if you need some practice.
Unless you're familiar with the
intricacies of Nintype, the tutorial is a good idea. I learned quite a
few tricks in the tutorial I likely wouldn't have discovered otherwise,
and it includes a ghost-like images of fingers that showed me step by
step how to quickly type out larger words.
I like Nintype's flexibility the
most. If you're like me, you're used to typing on the iPhone's default
keyboard, and Nintype doesn't penalize you for typing normally, that
method still works just fine. The longer you use it, however, the more
natural the swipes and types become, and I soon found myself speeding
right along, though it'll be a while before I'm approaching anywhere
near 100 words per minute.
You can see a great demo of Nintype in action below, courtesy of MacRumors' Matt Gonzalez, or head on over the App Store to download Nintype for $4.99.
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