Real time, as in a 1:1 ratio between the time it took him to write it and the ti...

pg · on Jan 1, 2014

No, that's not true. The keystrokes are played back at a constant rate with no breaks.

bazzargh · on Jan 1, 2014

I'm still waiting for XEP-0301 to become ubiquitous (which transmits key delays with text, and would be closer to what the GP thought he saw) - I really miss this feature in chat systems.

http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0301.html

And the great demo: http://www.realjabber.org/real_time_text_demo.html

statusgraph · on Dec 31, 2013

Are you sure? It feels more like edits are being played back at a constant rate, without consideration of human delays.

But still super interesting

rza · on Jan 1, 2014

Yeah, if I was writing the essay there definitely would be many more pauses between each sentence.