Adaptation of time to transcribe based on typing performance to reduce inter-individual variance

In the literature relating to dictation, note-taking, or written production tasks, graphic skills and typing skills are usually considered as independent or controlled variables. However, no study has proposed adaptation to take into account the heterogeneity of performance in the field. In this article, we propose to address this limitation. For this, our study tested the adaptation of time to transcribe according to individual typing skill. Half of the participants benefited from an adaptation of the time to write to their typing performance; the other half did not benefit from this adaptation. The results highlight a significant reduction in the inter-individual variance for the group having benefited from the adaptation. These results add new data to the experimental study on the tasks of dictation, note taking, and more generally written production and contribute to the optimization of the experimental protocol. This study also confirms the link between typing performance and other performance, here in transcription.