Also, in the nineteenth century, the typewriter was invented.

而且在19世纪打字机也被发明了出来
Of course, that may be the core idea of a computer.

当然这或许就是电脑的核心思想
Your computer looks like a typewriter,

电脑长得很像打字机
but a typewriter just speeds recording of information.

但是打字机只能速记信息
Tests show in the nineteenth century that

通过测试显示在19世纪
people could type four or five times as fast as they could handwrite

人们打字的速度是手写的4至5倍
and there's no ambiguity

而且也不存在字迹模糊的问题
because it's very clear what key was struck;

因为键盘敲击出来的非常清晰
whereas, handwritten--fast handwriting

而手写尤其是快速手写根本无法阅读
becomes impossible to read--or difficult.

或者说是很难阅读
Another thing that happened--

当时还发生了一件事
they started developing--

人们开始发展...