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I've heard of people being able to do it, but I gave up trying, I type
Dvorak, and the heck with even worrying about that other system, that
is why they put the letters on the keys I hunt and peck, and 25 years
ago before I switched I could touch type pretty well on that other
keyboard, but both.......... not me.
good luck
Bob
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009, mailorderspam wrote:
> I learned QWERTY first, in 8th grade, over 40 years ago, and was
> typing about 50 wpm.
>
> Six years later, I abandoned QWERTY and switched to Dvorak,
> self-taught, with nothing to help me make the switch other than
> modifications I made to a QWERTY typing manual. (This was long before
> there was typing software or PCs with software-switchable keyboard
> layouts that help with that. Smith Corona made me a dedicated DSK
> electric typewriter.)
>
> I found switching to be one of the hardest things I ever did.
> Frankly, I never would have switched if I'd known how hard it would be
> *for me*. Every time I stopped concentrating, I'd revert back. It
> took me months of daily practice before I recovered my QWERTY speed
> and then got faster. Most people seem to be able to be trained to
> switch easier than me.
>
> Next fall I'm entering a medical transcription training program where
> at times at least it will be very difficult for me to be able to
> touch-type in Dvorak. I'm trying to learn to become fluent in both
> keyboard layouts, using Ten Thumbs software, so I can use QWERTY when
> I absolutely have to, and Dvorak when I can for better speed and less
> wear and tear. I started about a month ago.
>
> This is proving to be even harder. Though I practice with both
> keyboards daily, as I'm gaining fluency in QWERTY and clearing 40 wpm,
> I start making more QWERTY key errors when I switch back to Dvorak,
> and my 70 wpm Dvorak speed suffers.
>
> Also, while I can QWERTY 40 wpm plus and gaining, IF I'm typing
> prepared text as in typing software, my ability to think and type in
> QWERTY as in typing this post is horrific, Dvorak-key error laden and
> probably net of 15 wpm... this bodes very poorly for my ability to do
> medical transcription in QWERTY, because one has to listen and
> transcribe and can't think about the keys he's typing.
>
> I may have to abandon Dvorak and just go QWERTY again to gain speed
> and accuracy in QWERTY, but I hate to do that. Any suggestions from
> anybody who has fluency in both layouts? I've heard there *are* who
> retain fluency in both.
>
>
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