Shortcuts, small external keyboards and even improved (and free) dictation software can make long sessions of text input much simpler. By J. D. Biersdorfer J. D. Biersdorfer is the Tech Tip columnist ...

For much of human history, written communication was accomplished by hand. Every character had to be painstakingly carved into clay or inked onto parchment. Only in the mid-nineteenth century, with ...

Mechanical keyboards are superior for tactile feedback. Virtual keyboards offer advantages that work well for the best Android tablets, phones, and even Chromebooks. One of our favorites is Gboard, ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...

Turning off auto-correct can boost typing speed after an adjustment period, though research shows mixed results and the ...

If you want to give it a try, it’s available in two formats — standard for one-hand typing and wide for two-hand typing — in ...

Last year we told you about the CharaChorder Lite, a special keyboard that lets users type faster by using groupings of keys to represent entire words. Well, any keyboard can now do that, if it's ...

It’s hard to write elegantly on the iPad, to hone your word choice with an edge of only the strongest, most specific verbs. Heck, it’s hard just to type a proper curse word without autocorrect getting ...