dvorac is how typewriters first mapped out their keyboard. I don't remember the layout exactly, the idea is you have commonly used letters placed close together. ----- Original Message ----- From: "jim grimsby" <jimgrims@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 2:07 AM Subject: RE: dvorak Can I ask a question with out seeming totally dum here? What is this method of typing. Now if everyone but me knows the answer to this a private reply would be ok. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Sina Bahram Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 8:43 PM To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.' Subject: RE: dvorak Hi Janina, Because of trained muscle memory and experience using those pathways in the brain. I do agree it's pretty OT, but it is interesting from a cognative psychology and human computer interaction point of view. Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:39 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: dvorak Well, it's probably quite OT, but I don't see how using experienced typists discredits anything. I should think it's the other way around. Sina Bahram writes: > Hi Janina, > > This is besides the point because I'm guessing that Igore is already > used to qerty, but I believe those tests were disputed because they > were done with individuals who already knew qwerty? > > If one starts out using vorak ... I don't know: I mean: qwerty was > developed to be inefficient in the first place. > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Janina Sajka > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 9:32 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: dvorak > > Just curious as to why you think it's useful to learn Dvorak? Are you > aware the U.S. Navy did extensive typing tests between qwerty and > dvorak and found almost nodifference in speed and eficiency? > > Igor Gueths writes: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > > > Hi all. I was briefly playing with the Dvorak layout, and find that > > I'm going to see if I can't learn it. I take it I would have to > > somewhat > modify the sort of table of keycodes to Speakup commands which I > believe is contained in speakup.c? Its been a while since I've looked. > > - -- > > How many chunks could checkchunk check if checkchunck could check chunks? > > - -- Alan Cox > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFCVGH0Nohoaf1zXJMRAw5vAKCKV1Nb+D88MvX0c5w3Z776pl6HCgCfYPQi > > Sb3Oaqql0wgsnxa+PiIPRvU= > > =JghD > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different > problem. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
