![]() ![]() ![]() The calculations for keyboard layout were based on the language being typed and this meant different keyboard layouts would be needed for each language. The view that the layout was intentionally redesigned to slow down the operator, to prevent jamming the mechanism, is widespread but not correct. Z and S are close to each other because the American Morse codes of Z and a common digram SE (both ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ) are near the same, so the telegraphist often needs to wait for more signals before understanding the content. Common letters were moved towards the center and into the upper row. Original layouts for the first few mechanical typewriters were in alphabetical order (ABCDE etc.) Changes were made, mostly responding to suggestions from telegraphists that were among the first users. "I did at first," she answered, "but now I know where the letters are without looking."Īrthur Conan Doyle, A Case of Identity (1891) "Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a little tiring to do so much typewriting?" Most modern computer keyboards have a raised dot or bar on the home keys for the index fingers to help touch typists maintain and rediscover the correct positioning of the fingers on the keyboard keys. On a standard QWERTY keyboard for English speakers the home row keys are: "ASDF" for the left hand and "JKL " for the right hand. (Under this usage, typists who do not look at the keyboard but do not use home row either are referred to as hybrid typists.) Both two-handed touch typing and one-handed touch typing are possible.įrank Edward McGurrin, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah who taught typing classes, reportedly invented home row touch typing in 1888. Although the phrase refers to typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys-specifically, a touch typist will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory-the term is often used to refer to a specific form of touch typing that involves placing the eight fingers in a horizontal row along the middle of the keyboard (the home row) and having them reach for specific other keys. Touch typing (also called blind typing, or touch keyboarding) is a style of typing. For the racehorse, see Dactylographer (horse). If you can't type very quickly with your own typing technique right now, the learning effort is definitely worthwhile."Dactylographer" redirects here. The time needed, which probably prevented you from learning to type with 10 fingers, can therefore be completely neglected in comparison to the possible long-term time saving. Depending on how fit you are on the keyboard at the moment, even a 3- to 4-fold increase in typing speed is possible - with correspondingly higher time savings. Of course, this is only an example calculation. For a working week of 40 hours, this means 4 1/2 weeks of free time per year, which you can use for other tasks or which at least allows you to go to work on time much more often. If you double your typing speed, you will save about 180 hours per year. Projected to one year, that is already 365 hours. Let's assume you spend an average of 1 hour a day entering texts. The time we spend every day entering texts on the computer may vary according to our profession and private usage patterns and may not seem so much to us - but the long-term approach is decisive here. And also privately we spend more and more time in the digital world. Nowadays, 2/3 of all professional activities require work on the computer. ![]() Who is our offer actually intended for? And is it worthwhile for you to invest the time and learn to type "the right way"? ![]()
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