KeyHero needs more intelligent algorithm
By csquared22 - updated: 5 years, 11 months ago - 1 message
Lets say you are typing really fast, at least 100 words per minute, and because your keyboard really sucks, maybe there is a sticky letter somewhere, you miss one character, and by the time you see the error, you've already type three or four words past the error. Sadly I can't take my mechanical keyboard with me everywhere I go; sometimes I'm forced to use spongy, low-quality keyboards where some keys require more force to activate the keypress than others due to wear and abuse.
Now, in these situations, a lot of intelligent word processors do auto-corrections on these sort of one-letter mistakes anyways, so for real word situations, these errors often don't matter.
However, KeyHero algorithms don't seem to be intelligent enough to recognize when my entire phrase is correct, but simply offset by a single letter. It counts the entire phrase after the missed character as being in error.
E.g, the quote:
"The man walked his dog through the park."
Missed letter because of sticky 'a' key:
"The mn walked his dog through the park."
(KeyHero marks EVERYTHING after the missed a as incorrect. Not good!)
I believe this should be altered. Apply a penalty for skipping a letter, sure---but don't penalize the entire quote. it should be a relatively simple fix to allow the software to detect that the characters I am typing are correct, but offset by a single character from the exact quote. I shouldn't have to type a garbage character simply to realign myself with the inflexible algorithms used.
KeyHero is one of my favorite typing websites, but this particular flaw keeps driving me away time and time again. I hope somebody takes notice of my suggestion and works towards implementing this feature here.
