A study of touch typing performance with keyclick feedback

The present study investigates the effect of haptic, auditory and visual keyclick feedback on touch typing performance using a zero-travel keyboard. We examine how local and global haptic keyclick feedback affect typing performance, and compare them with auditory keyclick feedback and visual feedback conditions. Our aim is to understand how sensory feedback during touch typing might improve user performance. Participants are asked to type required text shown on a computer screen and typing speed and error rates are recorded. The results show that the local haptic keyclick feedback condition leads to the highest typing speed with the lowest total error rate among all feedback conditions. We also find that the intensity of haptic feedback affects typing performance while the intensity of auditory feedback does not. Our findings provide useful design guidelines for improving touch typing performance on a zero-travel keyboard with sensory keyclick feedback information.