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- From: hasker@cs.uiuc.edu (Rob Hasker)
- Subject: Re: DVORAK keyboard?
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- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- References: <1if7duINN2ho@gallium.cs.unc.edu> <1993Jan7.003908.16204@itsmail1.hamilton.edu> <1993Jan7.012426.26902@oz.plymouth.edu> <1993Jan7.214228.8318@itsmail1.hamilton.edu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 02:08:56 GMT
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- nrabinow@itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Nancy Rabinowitz) writes:
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- >I'd bet I type about 30 wpm or so. The
- >problem with typing tutors is you have to look at the screen to see what
- >letter to type, and I have to look at the keyboard.
-
- Typing speed tests are done by typing printed text, so I doubt you'd be
- able to get 30 wpm without memorizing what you're typing. Test
- yourself: get some text, type it in for a minute, and divide the
- number of characters you've typed by 5 to get wpm. I forget the
- standard deduction for each error, I think it was somewhere between 1
- and 5 wpm. Of course, these penalties are more important when typing
- on paper; I'm not convinced that being error-free is so important
- anymore assuming you're a good proofreader.
-
- Rob
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