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From: John.Sanfilippo@f608.n107.z1.fidonet.org (John Sanfilippo)
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Subject: Re: Typing Tutor
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Date: 21 Sep 90 15:12:29 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 HK> :Hi Warren,  I understand you are looking for a typing tutor.

I downloaded a program called "letter falls" which is intended
to teach beginning typing and then increase speed for touch
typing.  It is nice, but a bit of a bear to use with speech.
I'm wondering myself if there are any better blind-user-friendly
software programs for teaching good typing skills

HK>  If her only disability is her loss of sight, i am
wondering why she needs to hear which key she strikes.  If I HK>
remember correctly, the typewriters we used in school had the
HK> letters on the keys covered so we couldn't see what key
struck HK> untill the damage was done.

Yup, that's the way we learned in my classes too.  I think it's
probably good practice, it certainly didn't hurt me any!

Personally, I use key strokes sounding so that I know my
computer is alive.  But there times when I just wanna GO!  And
at these times, my speech is OFF.

Again, personally, I can't stand words trailing my typing, but
that's the sort of thing that makes the world spin: different
strokes ...

jjcs

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