Re: Anybody here fluent in both Dvorak & QWERTY?

I bought a TypeMatrix and just carry that around.

However, I have noticed that I can type QWERTY too now.  It is hard to
explain, but I need to mentally switch my typing mode.  Of course, I
am still much happier with Dvorak.

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 4:45 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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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