Re: QIDO Dvorak Converter

I love it! REALLY. But isn't it a bit expensive? I would never  
consider buying one at that price, but I have no real need for it. If  
it we on the cheap I would get one. Every computer I use is either my  
own or one I can change to Dvorak. So $90 is too much.
Paul jj Alix




On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:37 AM, sobjornstad wrote:

> 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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