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  4. From: jad@beta.lanl.gov (John De Vries)
  5. Subject: Re: DVORAK keyboard?
  6. Message-ID: <1993Jan11.203333.199@newshost.lanl.gov>
  7. Sender: news@newshost.lanl.gov
  8. Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
  9. References: <1993Jan6.222608.20598@oz.plymouth.edu> <1993Jan7.201626.15121@cs.UAlberta.CA> <1993Jan7.231021.28440@ee.ubc.ca>
  10. Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:33:33 GMT
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  13. In article <1993Jan7.231021.28440@ee.ubc.ca> williamb@ee.ubc.ca (william burchill) writes:
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  15. >    Any info on how fast typists are with chording keyboards?  Good
  16. >but not great for QWERTY is 90 wpm.
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  19. If you are willing to use the machines that are common in courtrooms
  20. (which is to say, using a phonetic system) I've heard that speeds up
  21. to 250 wpm are NOT uncommon.  The really spiffy thing is that
  22. supposedly they've got hardware & software to convert the tapes to "normal"
  23. text...
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  25. The quote for the speed came from a court recorder who could go that fast.
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  28. John Atwood
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