<h2>About</h2>
<p><a href="https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key" rel="nofollow">Thumb-Key</a> is a <em>privacy-conscious</em> smart keyboard, made specifically for your thumbs.</p>
<p>It features a <strong>3x3 grid layout</strong>, as many older phones had, and uses swipes for the less common letters. Initial testing shows that you can reach ~25 words per minute after a day of use.</p>
<p>Instead of relying on profit-driven, privacy-offending word and sentence prediction for accuracy, as do most popular phone keyboards like Gboard and Swiftkey, Thumb-Key uses <strong>large keys with predictable positions</strong>, to prevent your eyes from <a href="https://www.keyboardingonline.com/hunting-and-pecking/" rel="nofollow">hunting and pecking</a> for letters.</p>
<p>As the key positions get ingrained into your muscle memory, eventually you’ll be able to appromixate the fast speeds of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typing" rel="nofollow">touch-typing</a>, your eyes never having to leave the text edit area.</p>
<p>This project is a follow-up to the now unmaintained (and closed-source) <a href="https://www.exideas.com/ME/" rel="nofollow">MessageEase Keyboard</a>, which is its main inspiration.</p>