The Race to Replace Your Keyboard 

Imagine writing code using voice. Yeah, I don't wanna imagine that either....

Voice typing is a terrible idea. Imagine having to speak out your password. Plus, how would computer programmers write codes?

No gamer, coder or writer would throw out their mechanical keyboard for this

I am fine with my qwerty keyboard

Stress level 100%

Dude that finger keyboard is confusing

The problem with voice typing is it's not private. You can type a keyboard message in public without people really being privy to your inputs.

Keyboard is not going anywhere for another 2 decades at least

If it doesnt make that clunky noise when I type I DONT WANT IT

This looks so problematic and unnecessary.

That finger keyboard is the least ergonomic thing I’ve ever seen. The keyboard hasn’t changed since the typewriter because it’s as simple as you can get. Having to remember finger movement combinations for specific letters is ridiculous. With a keyboard, you can see what letters each key represents and you have freedom of movement. With that finger-keyboard you can’t even rest your hand on a table; it’s always on and interpreting your body movements as direct input. No twitching, no relaxation, no fidgeting allowed. Total mess.

Okay, I am a programmer and I find this content offensive

I'm forward thinking and love tech, but none of this interests me I'm afraid

Fck that, Qwerty keyboard I'll love you forever

It's bad for gamers

This isn't efficient. Doesn't reduce the effort.

It's not totally necessary. Keyboards work fine I think.

There might be problems with using speech. Stammerers for example would find it difficult. I’m a stammerer and when I use Siri she doesn’t get what I say

Programming with speech recognition is still way out into the future. These technologies are going to help a lot for disabled people who cannot type especially people with repetitive stress injuries due to typing on the keyboard.

How will gamers play with voice typing, and how will people be able to use hotkeys? (Like ctrl + z)

I like my keyboard; sticking with the keyboard.

Replace a physical keyboard with an invisible keyboard... Plus you have to put on your hands to start typing...

Have a blind person help with the technology.

*starts watching video* "oh this seems pretty good" *sees wsj logo* "uh oh, Mitchell this ain't gonna be good"

The feel you get when smashing fingers on your keyboard is irreplaceable though.

I’ve been wanting a better human-computer interface. I think the neural link might be the solution.

$10 keyboard works just fine form most of us.

playing games with voice keyboard mom what are you doing screaming i’m yelling at my keyboard

Me using voice keyboard as a programmer... Line 100: “String str uhh wait go back, *f*** no stop. No, i didn’t say commit! What the f****”

I think some things don't need to be made easier than they already are. Qwerty is just fine.

Nothing is better than a keyboard for now! Your hand will get very tired from the taping one cause you cant rest it anywhere and the voice one is good for short stuff but if you need to type something that you don't want people to hear or an essay the keyboard is 100 times better.

it's an useful alternative. Good for specific situations.

For VR if they can have the hands visible/read by VR I think it'd be best to have keyboard entry by spelling it out in sign language (specifically for VR games. This would take too long for other things like programming obviously)

Taping with fingers seems like it takes way to long to learn with two fingers tapping could mean different things

probably best to have finger sensors at the creases of your fingers. Then by firing the right ones with sign language, you could type with that entire dictionary of letter forms.

I've actively avoided WSJ because of their tabloid-like coverage and sensationalist hit pieces. This is the first time I'm offering them my attention again on what seems to be an educational, non-clickbaity video. And I'll definitely continue to watch if this is the kind of content they're gonna come out with. Good breath of fresh air

3:51 it says NO SPITTING on the right must be a lot of mainland Chinese there for them to put up that sign. 😂

Race to replace keyboard. The only race where no one wins

Okay no please don't get rid of my keyboard. You already got rid of my headphone jack.

I just love the versatility of a keyboard, I can't think of anything can do everything a nice mechanical keyboard can do.

3:51 NO SPITTING

"QWERTY is not going anywhere" QWERTZ was shown xD Interesting topic, I'm excited what future brings us.

With voice to text, imagine a whole office full of people trying to all talk to their computers at the same time?! Office environment would be tarnished to say the least.

Probably the best option, direct brain to device, was only mentioned as an afterthought at the end.

That was a a really cool overview. Very balanced, and a good summary.

I felt like I heard the thesis of video is that "It's impossible to interact with computers without a keyboard and mouse". Still introduces devices that make it impossible to interact with computers without them.

Imagine saying "hold w, stop holding w, hold w and d, stop holding d, hold a, stop holding w, stop holding a, hold w, space, space, space, space, t, bro comma don't say that about my mom, enter, hold w again." Csgo and any game for that matter would be horrible

Kind of like that finger typing, but it should be possible in the air or with VR cameras seeing your movements. Imagine "conducting" words with your fingers in the air like Swype.

And if these technologies are much more expensive than a keyboard? Forget it! I would rather stick to something that is useful even now.

Or probably, they should make a wristband which detect movements/gestures of your hands. Integrated on a smartwatch so it won't be redundant. Pressing your palm using any of your fingers (except thumb) to turn on/off the gesture system so you can rest your hand. It should look like you're typing in the air, but the difference is the gestures could be in any direction (not just downward like how we type on a keyboard). 5 minutes in with this device, and you'll be ready to defeat Thanos after knowing 14 million possibilities.

1652: we will have flying car in the future 2018: let have a virtual keyboard

When is Joanna’s Apple Watch review coming?

nothing is satisfying like sound and feel of pressing key on mechanical keyboard

I see a few people saying how no one would go for this kinda of thing. Maybe they’re not wrong but I’d be interested to see how these evolve; you never know what might take off in the future

Another problem with voice is that someone may be in a public space and not want to share what there having in mind with everyone one around

Is no one going to talk about how at 3:33 we unexpectedly see the insides of a cat? Ok, ill just sit in a corner.

to those who afraid of change be mature your grandmother also said “it is stupid to have a phone without a button on the surface” and yeah here we are with iphoneX. and our ancestor said we are crazy because we talk thru a weird thing(telephone). its better send something using bird that train to fly to tour relatives.

Hope we will see it soon in Indian Markets

The keyboard will not be replaced. Ever.

That brain wave tech is moving faster and has way more potential then these other options. We might for the most part just skip those other options. That should be obvious to this guy.

The future is mixed. It will be a mix of voice commands and typing. Typing an essay is far easier than speaking it.

Yeah cool, I remember the older people's jaws falling down when they saw me typing fast on the computer when I was younger... now I'm going to be the impressed one with these strange finger things ...

Keyboards aren't going anywhere, but there are some other options then the ones mentioned here. One such way is with written words using a digital pen or with a finger, that is then that is converted into text. Also you can write on paper and scan it. Speech is useful, but there are cases where it isn't the best option, such as in very loud environments or places such as a library where you don't want to make too much noise. That wearable keyboard isn't the best I have seen, but I do think that there are legitimate uses for one handed input. I think that the future will have a wide variety of inputs for the standard user. Even today with traditional PC's we can have a keyboard, mouse, touch screen, voice input, ect. all in one device. I don't think that any one new way of imputing information will ever take over completely. There will be many different methods for different situations, preferences, and disabilities.

A keyboard is much more than typing text messages in a specific language, which is pretty much the focus of the video. You use your computer to play games, watch videos, surf the web, read books, listen to music. The keyboard is the universal peripheral that fits all current use cases. For example, I can't see people playing games or writing computer code by dictating everything to a speech recognition software. Also, you have special peripherals that were designed for specific use cases that the keyboard is not the best option, such as the many game controllers that exist to play different kinds of games, or the tablets and pens people use to draw. To think of a replacement for the keyboard is very hard. Just think about the keyboards that allegedly have better key layouts, such as the DVORAK. Even though it may make you more productive, people still refuse to use it because it is not as intuitive or ubiquitous as the QWERTY keyboard. And the DVORAK is still a keyboard. Imagine then, introducing a whole new peripheral. Will people actually adopt it?

Just map out the movement of 100 people using the keyboard and make so that specific movement people use to pres a key be can be pressed on any surface e.g. we use the left thumb to press space the pointing fingers to pres f,j and the keys surrounding them.

Just to be sure, the leap vr thing will only be used for hadukens.

Nothing can replace keyboard humans have adopted posture for keyboard

A lot of people keep mentioning typing scenarios which occur at a regular computer like coding and writing and saying this is useless because of that. Think beyond what you do now... When your not at a computer. When you monitor is on the fridge door.

without directly tapping into the human brain, there is no way the keyboard can be replaced. the accuracy of the keyboard cannot be replicated with shortcuts.

3:52 -- No spitting board, near front door of the office :D

In what reason would this be useful? Just give me a walkable fridge. You’ll make billions. Trust me.

That's how the infinity stone gauntlet was made

Qwerty keyboard will never go away until we fully sync ourselves with AI.

Wow no subtitles, nice to see we are going back to ww2 era again.

I use Dvorak. It's annoying to change bonds for games but I made the switch years ago. It's worth it.

no !!!!! you cant replace my mechanical keyboard!!!

Wouldn’t something like a virtual key board which uses eye tracking much more easier for AR / VR? Hands are free to interact with the environment. Or even finger tracking to read gestures that mimic handwriting also work?

Wouldn't sign language already make this easier? Record hand gestures or gyroscope to sense what is being said by hand?

DONT FIX IT IF IT AINT BROKE!!!

Qwerty isn't the only layout available. I've been using Dvorak for a decade now. It's far better.

Speech? No! I don't want to use my voice just to type my whole hundred pages thesis :D

I don't think they'll ever replace the keyboard. however if they're able to perfect the technology where you think it and it types it out, that might replace the keyboard.

Imagine having the computer type down everything you think about on a daily basis... I don’t want that 🤔😅

Lots of people are saying how it’s useless but I think it’s clear that they are targeting situations where a keyboard is not feasible.

What we need to be racing for is a new credit score system

2:51 ready player one is coming

What if there's no THE replacement for the keyboard in any situation but some replacements in some situations?

In the future, you wont input information into computers, computers will input information into you. All hail skynet destroyer of worlds.

*_Yes, I'm going to code using my voice._* *It's going to be fun!*

The keyboard used in Ender's Game movie would be a good idea too.

I mean this with no offence but to the people complaining in the comments: did you even watch the video? It seems like you didn't so here's what they talked about: Using free finger tapping technology for VR Solving the problems so that speech can finally be a serious input method Mentioning other technologies Summary explaining that qwerty is probably not going anywhere, and that each product will complement specific cases

Yes because I love shouting out a 30,000 word dissertation in the library

Reinventing the wheel here.

what I really want is something that can read my mind and type it. I mean, I don't have to speak out to type something. I would just say it in my mind. Then it would not be awkward to say symbols and punctuations in my mind. Even something said silently on throat will work. More advance thing would be to put imagined images into a computer.

But when can we replace the Wall Street Journal?

Keep the keyboard. For phones, add a pop-out keyboard in the phone that appears when needed.

I will lose More brain cells using this handboard than a keyboard

Something about the way the leap motion CEO talks is very asmr.

Well, ever wondered why we love Manual Gear Cars instead of Automatic? The same thing implies here.

Keyboards aren't just used for communication though. Just ask the millions of gamers and content creators who use it for entertainment but at the same time simple enough for a child to understand.