Self-optimizing devices are able to adapt themselves to meet their user's needs. This paper presents the Keyboard Optimizer, a self-optimizer for keyboards, and examines its potential within the professional assessment process. The Keyboard Optimizer allows individuals who have difficulty keyboarding to demonstrate their typing, and then offers appropriate operating system configuration settings that could improve keyboarding accuracy. Initial trials in a professional assessment setting suggest that The Keyboard Optimizer could play a useful role in assessment by accelerating the process of evaluating the match between a user and a keyboard. Users themselves liked having adjustments chosen automatically, and found the interface easy to use.
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