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The one-handed typing technology behind the Matias 508 Keyboard has been the subject of several studies and scholarly papers, some of which are available below. Extensive research was conducted at the University of Toronto's Input Research Group, under the supervision of internationally-recognized human- computer interaction specialists Bill Buxton and Scott Mackenzie.



 

  Matias, E., MacKenzie, I. S., & Buxton, W. (1996). A wearable computer for use in microgravity space and other non-desktop environments. Companion of the CHI '96 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 69-70). New York: ACM.  

 

 

     
  Matias, E., MacKenzie, I. S., & Buxton, W. (1996). One-handed touch typing on a QWERTY keyboard. Human-Computer Interaction, 11(1), 1-27.  

 

 

     
  Matias, E., MacKenzie, I. S., & Buxton, W. (1994). Half-QWERTY: Typing with one hand using your two-handed skills. Companion of the CHI '94 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 51-52). New York: ACM.  

 

 

     
  Matias, E., MacKenzie, I. S., & Buxton, W. (1993). Half-QWERTY: A one-handed keyboard facilitating skill transfer from QWERTY. Proceedings of the INTERCHI '93 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 88-94). New York: ACM.  

 

 

     
  Matias, E. (1991). Handbook of the CHI '91 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM.