Dvorak on typing game

This is a free online typing course, that enables you to learn the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout rather quickly. There are five lessons, each of which most people can complete within two hours. After these lessons, you will be able to touch type the entire alphabet. Press the spacebar after each word. Good luck! How is learn. Almost all keyboard education software is stuck in the age of QWERTY, where not a lot of words can be made with just the home row, and you had to type endless sequences of letters but not words.

Most Dvorak keyboard tutors use the same approach, but instead of "fff jjj fjfj", they'll have "uuu hhh uhuh", even though this inefficient way of learning to type is no longer necessary with the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard. Instead of focussing on the positions of letters first and letter patterns muscle movement patterns! The first lesson introduces all eight base positions. I believe that this is the golden mean between learning individual letters, and switching to Dvorak cold turkey.

How often should I repeat a lesson and when should I advance to the next one? There are no set values for this. Do whatever feels good. Dvorak, these user-friendly skill-building lessons take you step by step through the basics -- hand placement, key location, shifting, etc.

As you progress, the program's brilliant graphics take you easily through the formation of sentences, paragraphs, and full correspondence.

The program's voice works with you through menu selections, and later lessons even dictate to you verbally. The program constantly monitors you progress in easy-to-read graphs, allowing you to track your speed, accuracy, problem keys and level of improvement. Most importantly, it makes learning an enjoyable experience, with encouraging lessons and games that make practice fun. This Typing Demo changed my life. I was homeless for all of , until one day when I received a new tent to live in.

I started teaching myself how to type with this and it taught me well, i am now CEO and founder of hobo typers, a non-profit that teaches homeless to type using this demo as well as handing out NA branded tents. Thanks Dvorak! Typing tests Typing practice Typing games Where to learn what? To learn keyboard layout - use typing lessons page. To practice specific keys alpha, digits, symbols - use the Space cadet game and the Typing practice page. To practice all keys: Use the Typing test page which, besides main tests, has links at the bottom to various practice tests.

Use typing games. To practice own text - use Typing practice page. Three different tutorials are available: Qwerty typing lessons - mainstream Simplified Dvorak typing lessons - alternative Programmer Dvorak typing lessons - specialized alternative Each tutorial consists of approximately 7 lessons which cover alphabet, and about 6 which teach symbols and numbers. A list of typing games: Space Cadet - 3D Player can enter own characters to play, or accept a-z default. Barracuda is a typing game with words.

Jibe is a game with random groups of letters or numbers. Dodger is a game with single letters.