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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Anybody remember the DVORAK keyboard layout?
Message-ID: <16458@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 19 Jun 91 14:30:39 GMT
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In article <4343.apple.a2.net@pro-nbs> asong@pro-nbs.cts.com (Andi Song) writes:
>        Is it really that hard to learn Dvorak? Does anyone know of a
>program that would teach Dvorak (a la Typing Tutor)? I would like to learn,
>as I have heard of people typing at speeds of 90wpm (?) using Dvorak?????

Dvorak, or more usually ASK (differs from Dvorak primarily in that the
digits are arranged in order in ASK), is used by the fastest typists,
such as the ones who set world records (I think the current record was
set using an Apple //c).  The state of Oregon requires that office
workers be allowed to choose whether their equipment will be QWERTY or
ASK.  The Dvorak alphabetic arrangement is no harder to learn than the
QWERTY arrangement, but instructional materials are hard to find.  I
think there is a Dvorak users group; you may hear further from a member.