Title: Typing faster with assistive technology
       Author: Solène
       Date: 16 October 2021
       Tags: accessibility a11y
       Description: Presentation of ibus-typing-booster, a program to
       suggestion completion while writing
       
       # Introduction 
       
       This article is being written only using my left hand with the help of
       ibus-typing-booster program.
       
 (HTM) ibus-typing-booster project
       
       The purpose of this tool is to assist the user by proposing words while
       typing, a bit like smartphones do.  It can be trained with a
       dictionary, a text file but also learn from user inputs over time.
       
       A package for OpenBSD is on the tracks.
       
       # Installation 
       
       This program requires ibus to work, on Gnome it is already enabled but
       in other environments some configuration are required.  Because this
       may be subject to change over time and duplicating information is bad,
       I'll give the links for configuring ibus-typing-booster.
       
 (HTM) How to enable ibus-typing-booster
       
       # How to use
       
       Once you have setup ibus and ibus-typing-booster you should be able to
       switch from normal input to assisted input using "super"+space.
       
       When you type with ibus-typing-booster enabled, with default settings,
       the input should be underlined to show a suggestion can be triggered
       using TAB key.  Then, from a popup window you can pick a word by using
       TAB to cycle between the suggestions and pressing space to validate, or
       use the F key matching your choice number (F1 for first, F2 for second
       etc...) and that's all.
       
       # Configuration
       
       There are many ways to configure it, suggestions can be done inline
       while typing which I think is more helpful when you type slowly and you
       want a quick boost when the suggestion is correct.  The suggestions
       popup can be vertical or horizontal, I personally prefer horizontal
       which is not the default.  Colors and key bindings can changed.
       
       # Performance
       
       While I type very fast when I have both my hands, using one hand
       requires me to look the keyboard and make a lot of moves with my hand. 
       This work fine and I can type reasonably fast but this is extremely
       exhausting and painful for my hand.  With ibus-typing-booster I can
       type full sentences with less efforts but a bit slower.  However this
       is a lot more comfortable than typing everything using my hand.
       
       # Conclusion
       
       This is an assistive technology easy to setup and that can be a life
       changer for disabled users who can make use of it.
       
       This is not the first time I'm temporarily disabled in regards to using
       a keyboard, I previously tried a mirrored keyboard layout reverting
       keys when pressing caps lock, and also Dasher which allow to make words
       from simple movements such as moving mouse cursor.  I find this ibus
       plugin to be easier to integrate for the brain because I just type with
       my keyboard in the programs, with Dasher I need to cut and paste
       content, and with mirrored layout I need to focus on the layout change.
       
       I am very happy of it.