1920 The Morse Keyboard Tutor allows a student to practice his keyboard skills by having the computer send single characters and wait until he responds on the keyboard. If correct, the next character is sent immediately. If not a short low tone is sounded and the character is re-transmitted. During this session the student should make an effort NOT TO LOOK at the keyboard. Use of a blindfold while a bit extreme, is recommended. Morse Tutor will help develop typing skills in combination with copying code, but only if an effort is made not to watch the keyboard. The (C)haracter speed key selects the individual character transmission speed, and the (W)eight key the character weighting. The (D)isplay option allows selection of the transmitted text either "Before" it is sent or "After". If the "Before" option is selected, the character is displayed for the time required to send a space between words before transmitting the character. Errors are displayed using reverse video. The display can be disabled during transmission by setting this option to "Off". The session starts after pressing the ENTER key and can be ended at any time by pressing ESC. At the end of the session, the text sent is displayed and a summary of the student's reaction time in pressing the key for each character is given in milliseconds (thousandths of a second). By practicing keyboard skills the student can improve reaction time and improve performance in other sessions.
