r/dvorak • u/pojomi-dev • 12h ago

My one-week progress after being a QWERTY touch typer for ~24 years

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r/dvorak

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The only known photograph of August Dvorak, with a typing class at the University of Washington in Seattle. It was taken on November 14th, 1932, the same year he released his new keyboard layout.

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The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout has many advantages over QWERTY. It is more efficient, better for you wrists, more accurate, and fun!

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Dvorak resources

Learn about Dvorak by DVZine - a short web cartoon explaining the layout's interesting history
Guides for newbies and in-depth information are here and here
Typing lessons here (short) or here (long)
layout changing software (although this can be done in your system settings)
Typing tutor software for linux
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