[fouric]

> The fastest of these previous typing-by-brain experiments allowed people to type about 40 characters, or 8 words, per minute.

Ah, so it's previous record for BCI typing speed, not "typing speed" in general. Original headline (on IEEE side) is misleading.

[kibwen]

For the record, it looks like the record for typing on standard keyboards is 212 WPM (on both QWERTY and DVORAK, amusingly), while the record on a stenography keyboard is 375 WPM.

[SomewhatLikely]

Any idea on the speed of dictation?

Edit: Found a reference that average dictation speed is around 150wpm, but also mentions some tests going up to almost 300. So it would seem the average person could be almost 4 times faster speaking rather than typing. https://www.reference.com/business-finance/average-dictation...

[anandoza]

Yes, I thought the exact same as you -- that the headline meant a BCI achieved like 400 wpm or something.