Matthew Lau: Kids must keep typing, for their own good and everyone else’s |
The kids will not be all right. Not if they don’t learn to type, that is. And they may not. There is evidence that among Generation Alpha, roughly defined as those born from 2010 to 2024, voice notes and voice-to-text messaging will increasingly replace typing. According to a Korn Ferry article (“The End of Typing?”), new research shows that “by 2030, when the oldest members of Gen Alpha enter the workforce, they won’t even need a keyboard: Rather than type prompts, they’ll talk to........