Re: Dvorak on the GRE

You can bring an ergonomic hardware Dvorak keyboard, such as a Typematrix,
and say that you need to use the ergonomic keyboard without mentioning the
keyboard layout. If you need a reason, it's because you have carpal tunnel
syndrome, arthritis, tendonitis of the wrist, tendonitis of the shoulder or
some other shoulder problem.

When that doesn't work, try changing the software layout as Dave suggested.

The last resort is to type in qwerty. In high school, even though I could
change the keyboards to dvorak, I often didn't, and in college, I can't, so
I got used to qwerty again and can now switch between qwerty and dvorak. If
you type in qwerty for a few days, you could get used to it again; it only
took me a week to learn Dvorak, so it shouldn't take even that long to
re-learn qwerty.

Tom
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Dave Pawson <[email protected]> wrote:

>   Hi Colin
>
> 2008/10/18 pfsknee <[email protected] <pfsknee%40yahoo.com>>:
>
> > Hi! My name is Colin, and I type with a Dvorak Standard Keyboard.
> > I've been using Dvorak exclusively for almost a year now, and life has
> > been all peaches-and-cream ever since I switched from the qwertyboard.
> >
> > I just signed up to take the GRE, a standardized test for people who
> > want to apply to grad schools.
>
> > I'm hoping that some of you out there might be able to help me out.
> > Have any of you taken the GRE and been able to get anything other than
> > a standard qwertyboard for the writing section? Would filing a
> > disabilities claim get me a DSK for the test? (Are any of you doctors
> > willing give me a note stating that I have RSI and require a DSK for
> > testing?)
>
> Assumption.
> That you are a touch typist, i.e. don't need the keytop markings.
> That your test will be on a Windows machine
>
> Option.
> Change the setting (if you're allowed) for the keyboard to dvorak
> and just use it as a dvorak keyboard. No need to tell them what
> you've done if you can get away with it?
>
> Caution.
> Ensure you're familiar with the 'standard' US dvorak keyboard layout.
> Couple of keys I've changed (Linux setup) that I haven't figured out
> how to change (remap) on Windows.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Dave Pawson
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