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Posted: Jul 4, 2010

Thanks to the person who mentioned "Typing Race" online as a way to increase typing speed. (Can't remember what forum.) It is so fun and addictive. Maybe I am just web-illiterate but I had never heard of it before. I am re-learning to type on a Dvorak keyboard, to help my carpal tunnel, and it was sort of (very?) discouraging to be reduced to slow, hesitant typing. But Typing Race is making it so much more fun. Sometimes you get matched up against the same people on different races and the adrenaline really gets going, "Yeah, you beat me last time, but I'm going to clean your clock on this one." Then we go flying down the tiny track at 55 wpm in our tiny VW beetles. Actually yesterday I finally got over 70 wpm a few times. Maybe it won't be so bad to get back to 90 or 100. My fingers keep going back to the Qwerty pattern on random words, but it is getting better. Has anyone else gone from Qwerty to Dvorak and how long did it take you to get back to speed?

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what is this so called typing race - you speak of?!

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i love typing and this sounds awesome.
what's the website, is it free, safe, etc.?

actually "TypeRacer" - fun fun fun

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Okay, it's actually "Typeracer" that I have been using. Just google it. You can register your user name and it keeps track of all your typing stats, accuracy, improvement, etc. It even displays your opponents' stats. No contact info. It's free, and my computer shows no ill effects after 3 days of it, so I assume no viruses! Or you can use it as anonymous guest but it will still keep track of your typing stats. It's like an addictive game that is actually GOOD for you! ;) You type short passages from books, song lyrics, movies...

I checked out Dvorak and cannot imagine doing that - I would have to hang up my MT hat

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I did not even know there was such a thing. So, your keyboard is set up that way, as the Dvorak instead of qwerty? Do you actually buy a keyboard set up that way? I mean, I have been typing for 40 years and why would they want to change that? Just curious as I have never heard of it. Wonder if others are using it.

Dvorak - fun

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You can change your keyboard layout under the Windows control panel in settings. I am going back to Dvorak after using it for a few years, back in the 1990s. I love it because there are many common words you can type without moving your fingers from the home row. Most people do not/would not switch, unless it was a question of carpal tunnel. It is a radical change. One person watched me type in Dvorak and said, "I can tell your hands are moving much less than on a regular keyboard." When I first switched to Dvorak, "cold turkey," it took 6-8 weeks (transcribing) to get back to 70 wpm, and another year to get back to 100 wpm and then beyond. We then went to a platform that did not support keyboard remapping, and I had to go back to QWERTY. Now, after a 15-year hiatus, I am going back to Dvorak, and it has taken me about 10 days to get back to 70 wpm. So the kinetic memory is still in there somewhere. I'm always looking for something more efficient-- it's a tedium buster, anyway!

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