Talk: Dvorak

In article <36ndh6$as...@gagme.wwa.com>,  <sti...@marimba.wimsey.bc.ca> wrote:
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>In article <36na17$im...@sashimi.wwa.com> you wrote:
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>: >(it's quite easy once you get the hang of it ... I can easily type over 
>: >100 wpm on a good keyboard)
>
>Hey there, scarecrow...
>
>I've been curious about dvorak keyboards for a few years, ever since I
>actually learned to touch type.  I'm wondering if you ever used a qwerty in
>the first place, or if you started on a dvorak.

   I learned to touch type in sixth grade.  I didn't type much for years 
after learning, so when I got a computer, I thought why not learn to type 
with the dvorak.

>I ask because I wonder how long it would take to get proficient at dvorak,

   I guess it takes the same amount of time to learn either, but maybe 
the dvorak is a bit easier, just because it's easier to do.  It would 
probably be easier to learn either one as a child, than to use one 
after years of using the other.

>and how available the keyboards are on the market.

   I have only found one company that sells dvorak keyboards.  The in 
Washington state, and I don't have the name at hand.  But before you ask 
me to dig up the name, it costs $200.  If they're still making them.

   But you don't need to have the actual keyboard.  The experts can tell 
you how to map your present keyboard to dvorak.  It won't have the right 
letters on the keys, but you're not supposed to looking ot them anyway.  
Although at times it is annoying.

>Also, I wonder if there are many typing tutors out there for dvorak.

   I've heard at least one teaches both.  I just used a chart and stared 
typing.  After a couple months, I could type, and after a few months it 
became transparent.

>I know from speaking to my typing teacher that the
>dvorak offers less chance of long term damage to the typist's hands, and I
>have a history of hand trouble in my family, so I'm doubly thinking about
>it.  I know you can't answer all these questions, but if you have some
>ideas, I'd be beholden to you.
>
>Thanks much!

   Hope this helps.

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