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From: Henry.Kasten@f10.n130.z1.fidonet.org (Henry Kasten)
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Subject: Re: Typing Tutor
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Date: 20 Sep 90 03:04:05 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

:Hi Warren,  I understand you are looking for a typing tutor.  Does your 
friend's daughter have a computer with speech?  If she does, the speech 
software should allow her to hear the key she strikes.  You did not say 
anything about the disabilities of your friends daughter.  Is she 
mentally retarded or Learning Disabled?  If her only disability is her 
loss of sight, i am wondering why she needs to hear which key she 
strikes.  If I remember correctly, the typewriters we used in school had 
the letters on the keys covered so we couldn't see what key struck untill 
the damage was done.  
The Hadely School has an excellent typing tutorial for anybody who would 
like to learn to type.  I strongly recommend it and also recommend that 
the father have his daughter learn to touch type the good old fashioned 
way, by making mistakes and then learning how to avoid them later.  For 
what it's worth, a large number of blind computer users I know either 
turn off the sound when typing or listen softly to the words as they are 
typed, not the individual letters.  
unless there are some other problems besides her not being able to see, 
Hadley's course should do the trick whether she uses a plane old 
typewriter or a computer with speech.  
I wish them luck, 
Henry

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