Re: Mavis Beacon Teaches DVORAK Typing

[email protected] Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:53:44 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.altkeyboards
Message-ID <[email protected]>
YUP and I doubt something like this would work very well under WINE anyway



Bob



On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Keith Ratliff wrote:

> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:18:57 -0700
> From: Keith Ratliff <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [altkeyboards] Mavis Beacon Teaches DVORAK Typing
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> Isn't WINE for running Windows-based programs on *nix ?
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> --Keith
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> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:07, Thomas Levine <[email protected]>wrote:
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>> You could probably run it on WINE.
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>> 2010/10/11 <[email protected] <jim51r%40firehydrant.org>>
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>>> I have no idea if this runs on XP, VISTA or 7.
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>>> Mavis Beacon 5:
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>>> http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=mavis+beacon+5&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=
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>>> But the price of admission is cheap.
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>>>> I'd be interested in - and would buy - a Windows version if it becomes
>>>> available. I've been teaching my daughter to type Dvorak via the brute
>>> force
>>>> method. (Just do it.)
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>>>> If Mavis came out with a Windows based teach-yourself-Dvorak that would
>>> be
>>>> much better for her.
>>>>
>>>> --Keith
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