6 Nov 2006 23:15
My progress on Dvorak
David <ladartfrog <at> yahoo.com>
2006-11-06 22:15:01 GMT
2006-11-06 22:15:01 GMT
At the end of July, after much hesitation, I switched from QWERTY to Dvorak. Previously I had been able to achieve times in the 130s (according to http://www.typingtest.com) Upon switching, my speed went down to roughly 12wpm. I kept track of my progress somewhat: WPM, adjusted for accuracy 8/5/06 -- 32 8/6/06 -- 37 8/16/06 -- 48 8/20/06 -- 52 8/25/06 -- 55 9/1/06 -- 59 9/8/06 -- 65 9/28/06 -- 74 11/6/06 -- 94 Note: on many of these occasions I took the test more than once, and used my better time. As you can see, in just over three months, I have re-learned how to type and can now type pretty quickly. An interesting point is that while learning Dvorak, I would go back to QWERTY every once in a while when I needed to get something done quickly... I was still a fast Sholes typist. After I could do maybe 30wpm on Dvorak, though, I went cold-turkey on QWERTY. After a month or so of that, I was surprised to discover that I had lost all of my(Continue reading)
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