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tangemicioglu/itr-atlas — explained in plain English

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tl;dr

Information Transfer Rate Atlas is a curated, sourced comparison site ranking brain-computer interfaces, eye-tracking, speech, and typing methods by their information transfer rate.

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    What it does
      Compares input methods
      Sources every number
      Ranks strictest bound
    Tech stack
      Astro
      TypeScript
      Zod
    Use cases
      Compare BCI and speech ITR
      Trace a figure to its paper
      Propose new entries
    Audience
      Researchers
      HCI enthusiasts

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Compare information transfer rates across brain-computer interfaces, eye-tracking, and speech input methods.

VIBE 2

See the full step-by-step derivation behind a published ITR figure, traced to its source paper.

VIBE 3

Propose a new input method or a data correction through a form, GitHub issue, or pull request.

what's the stack?

AstroTypeScriptZod

how it stacks up fr

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LanguageAstroAstroAstro
Setup difficultyeasyhardmoderate
Complexity1/54/53/5
Audienceresearcherdevelopervibe coder

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min
Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

in plain english

Information Transfer Rate Atlas is a website that collects and compares a measurement called information transfer rate, or ITR, across different ways people can send input to a computer: brain computer interfaces, eye tracking, speech, typing, and similar methods. The idea behind the project is that this number gets quoted a lot in research papers, but it is calculated in different, sometimes inconsistent ways, so the atlas tries to make the math behind each number visible rather than just repeating the headline figure. For every method in the atlas, several different scoring formulas, named after researchers such as Fitts, Wolpaw, Nuyujukian, and one based on Shannon's information theory, are treated as upper limits on the true transfer rate, and each entry is ranked using whichever of these formulas gives the strictest, most conservative bound. You can also switch the display to compare a single formula across every method. Each entry shows the full step by step calculation behind its number, traced back to the section or table in the original paper it came from, along with a note on whether the figure was reported directly by the paper's authors or had to be worked out separately because the paper did not give a comparable number. As of this writing, the atlas has 47 entries covering categories such as brain implants, eye and switch based spellers, silent speech methods like reading muscle signals or lip movement, pointing devices, and chord keyboards. The site itself is a static website built with the Astro framework, with the ITR formulas computed automatically at build time, and it is automatically published to GitHub Pages whenever changes are pushed. New entries or corrections can be proposed through a short form, a GitHub issue, or a pull request adding a file under a specific content folder, and every submission is reviewed by a maintainer before it is added. The project is released under the MIT license.

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Help me add a new interface entry to the ITR Atlas following its content schema.
prompt 2
Explain how the ITR Atlas picks the strictest bound among Fitts, Wolpaw, Nuyujukian, and Shannon scores.
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How do I run the ITR Atlas locally with npm and check its content schema?

Frequently asked questions

what is itr-atlas fr?

Information Transfer Rate Atlas is a curated, sourced comparison site ranking brain-computer interfaces, eye-tracking, speech, and typing methods by their information transfer rate.

What language is itr-atlas written in?

Mainly Astro. The stack also includes Astro, TypeScript, Zod.

What license does itr-atlas use?

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is itr-atlas to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is itr-atlas for?

Mainly researcher.

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