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Learning Dvorak

Posted 23 July 2007

I'm finally committing myself to learning the Dvorak keyboard layout. I used gtypist to estimate my WPM using the standard keyboard layout (QWERTY); I'm consistently in the 85 WPM range.

Right now I've only learned the home row on the Dvorak layout. For QWERTY keyboards, the home row is "ASDFG HJKL;", but for Dvorak the layout is "AOEUI DHTNS". My typing speed is just a little above 20 WPM, but it continues to increase each day. I'm probably going to start on the second lesson today.

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