In tests, people have reached speeds of around 60 to 70 words per minute.

BBC: The software is based on pattern recognition

With the help of an error correction algorithm trained users were able to reach 37 words per minute, researchers said.

BBC: KALQ thumb-type keyboard takes on Qwerty

They claim normal users using a Qwerty keyboard on a touchscreen device were limited to typing at a rate of about 20 words per minute.

BBC: KALQ thumb-type keyboard takes on Qwerty

The vice president went from about 179 words per minute in the first hour of the debate to 164 wpm in the closing thirty minutes.

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Even so, these have achieved operating rates of around 22 words per minute considerably higher than the 16 an average user can achieve using predictive texting.

ECONOMIST: Better speech-recognition technology

These machines have 22 keys and are capable of typing at the speed of speech, around 180 words per minute, or three words every second.

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It's faster than using your thumbs or even writing in the shorthand "graffiti" language used on some Palm devices: Users have gotten around 60 to 70 words per minute with the program.

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The intention is that learners develop a reading speed of at least 45 words per minute so that they do not forget the start of the sentence by the time they reach the end.

UNESCO: Kha Ri Gude (Let Us Learn) Adult Literacy Programme (KGALP)