Good day to everyone except to the neo-liberals always btching about .ml being a communist instance, we don't care about your opinions
Moving on, I got my first computer about two years ago and typing has been a pain, last year I read a post online about touch typing and I've been trying to do that ever since but switching from my "hunt and peck" method is quite difficult. Changing hand forms and trying to return my hands to the home format has always made me given up on touch typing.
I now have a lot of typing and note-taking to do and I'm trying to learn this, so I'm looking for tips and advices on how to make this easier
thanks in advance, pals
also, if you're on linux and want to try this out, there's this native app I'm using Klavaro. It is also available as a Flatpak
Good day to everyone except to the neo-liberals always btching about .ml being a communist instance, we don't care about your opinions
Good day to everyone except to the neo-liberals always btiching about .ml being a communist instance, we don't care about your oppinions.
Damn, you write a lot about people you don't care about.
They said that they don't care about the opinions.
They may care and see those people as a bother/problem.
Practice I guess. I learned in a hs computers class where we had to do timed assignments, copying spreadsheets and transcribing speech and such. Hunt and Peck was simply too slow to do it, we had to learn our homerow to get a pass.
Also death to neoliberalism.
Thanks for your reply, my high school equivalent never had such, our computer classes were spent in front of barely functional monitors with MS word open as we learnt the "CTRL +" commands while never as much as touching the keyboards
thanks for your support
About a year ago I finally took the time to learn it. Just make sure you know which finger should hit which keys. And then do a bunch of practice. My favorite way to to practice is Monkey type. Its all about the muscle memory. Doesn't take as long as you'd think ether. About 20 hrs of practice and I was just as fast as I was before. Then you will start getting really fast if you keep it up.
I never learned typing using any method, just years of practicing writing when I was younger. I think one of the biggest things that will increase your competence is to not look at the keyboard. Force your eyes away and just try to type. This will have more results if you've already gotten the basic key layout down at least a bit. You'll make a lot of mistakes, and when you do try to not look, just move your finger to the next key over and try again. It's a bit painful to do it this way, but it will make you much more comfortable over time.
I would suggest getting an ortholinear keyboard. When I first switched to a Kinesis advantage, the FIRST thing I noticed was how many terrible habits I had of hitting a key with the wrong finger (even twisting my hand about, if you can believe that). Having keys in line with actual finger geometry cured that mess up real quick!
I think a lot of it is down to just having good proprioception with your hands. I can't remember the last time I looked at my keyboard while typing so it's possible your proprioception isn't the greatest. Does speech to text interest you?
