Re: QIDO Dvorak Converter

> Unfortunately this product, as well as almost every major OS out there
> (except Ubuntu), completely IGNORES the fact that non Americans type in
> Dvorak by not supporting the Dvorak-International layout. You guys have an
> easy Dvorak life.

Maybe we do. What's your solution for your languages besides English?

I use the Typematrix 2030. The international Spanish QWERTY layout built
into my OS works fine for typing in Dvorak. For Japanese, I've not yet
tried the 106JP mode of the Typematrix for direct kana input. Eager to
hear from anyone who has. For Persian -- Dvorak doesn't apply.




On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:14:55 -0300
Felipe Barros Corrêa de Oliveira <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 7:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > It costs a few pennies more that my new Typematrix did. Nevertheless an
> > interesting concept.
> >
> >
> > > I'm surprised that I have been unable to find any reference to this
> > product at all on this list, so I thought I'd bring it up. (Maybe I missed
> > something while reading through the recent archives.)
> > >
> > > It's a USB dongle that plugs in between an ordinary keyboard and computer
> > and converts all your keystrokes to Dvorak. You can switch layouts by
> > pressing NumLock twice. (The website is at http://www.keyghost.com/qido/).
> > Obviously, this is easier than a dedicated hard-wired keyboard since you can
> > easily fit it in your pocket. I still personally prefer the keyboard because
> > I regularly work with some keyboards that use PS/2, such as at my school,
> > where people already get confused and complain if I do so much as reach
> > behind the computer to shove in the power cord if the system won't turn on
> > (so I don't want to additionally muck around with a PS/2-to-USB adapter).
> > Besides that, of course, you get to type on your own keyboard as well as
> > your own keyboard layout. (I have purchased a TypeMatrix, but it hasn't
> > arrived yet.) Nevertheless, this seems like a very useful product (just
> > maybe the GRE folks would be a little bit more kindly disposed toward it
> > than a whole keyboard?)
> > >
> > > Since this is my first post, I'll mention: I just started using Dvorak
> > seriously a little over a week ago, before which I tried once and became so
> > frustrated by losing my typing speed that I gave up. This actually helped me
> > this time, since I already knew where most of the keys were (even after a
> > year and a half, interestingly) and could go right into speed training. I'm
> > already up to about 50 wpm (my qwerty speed was 60-70) and I don't expect
> > myself to be looking back--the temptation to switch to qwerty to type higher
> > speeds is already completely gone.
> >
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