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From: Walter.Siren.@p1.f8.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Walter Siren )
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Subject: Re: Typing Tutor
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Date: 20 Sep 90 03:06:27 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 DB>  Hi Warren; Any computer with speech can echo back what a person 
 DB>  types. I think
 DB>  that the best way to each typeing is to give no feedback since it is 
 DB>  the same as
 DB>  lookng at the keyboard when you type and we all know what a bad habit 
 DB>  that is.

You might be right, but I think for a new person to typing, it
would not hurt for them to hear the echo back, that will help them
to learn their mistakes.  That I think is not quite the same as
looking at the keyboard, but more like looking at your work you are
typing.

               Walter

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