Touch-typing with Dvorak keyboard layout. I thought I would add a little update on the new and improved typing skills thanks to your prodding. I do want to acknowledge your mention of trying the Dvorak keyboard layout.

This entire letter is typed using the Dvorak keyboard layout, and I am thankful to you for the challenge that got me started on it.

As I have told you, I never really learned to properly touch type, and now I can. I still occasionally want to resort to the old way, but the lack of properly labeled keys keeps my fingers on the home row.

Well, it is now to the point where I can almost keep a steady rhythm without too many typos. I do find that I know when I hit the wrong key, and do not need to wait for the beep of the spell checker.

I think I finally got it down, but not ass the oops all the time.

The typos are interesting.

Speaking of typos, the following is intentional.

Siad WAHT
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny iprmoetnt tihng is that the frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe and the biran fguiers it out aynawy. No siht!

Is the above true?

I thought it was interesting.

Fun to type also.
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