Re: Re:Mavis Beacon Teaches DVORAK Typing

Most typing software will teach you home row combinations first. Usually in
pairs that have no actual sense, other than making sure that muscle memory
is intact for the letter in question. After starting on the home row, they
move to reaching letters and letters between the index fingers.

Finally, they end with words, then sentences, and finally entire passages of
typing.

Since the layout of the keyboards is different, so to are the first parts.
The first letters you would learn in QWERTY are asdf and jkl;. In Dvorak,
they would be aoeu and htns and the lessons will be tailored as such.

--Keith

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 14:48, Paul Martzen <[email protected]> wrote:

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>
> Are the basic lessons for Dvorak the same or different than for
> Qwerty? Seems like Dvorak is easy to learn if you start off learning
> the most commonly used words available on the home row. That advantage
> can be lost if learners are forced to use the same odd and arbitrary
> combinations common in basic Qwerty instruction.
>
> I remember being frustrated with Mavis in the early 1990's. Even
> though I was using the Dvorak option, it felt like the lessons had a
> Qwerty mentality. The lessons did not utilize the Dvorak advantages.
> At least it seemed that way to me.
>
> Paul
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