Charlie and Johne are both asking about the Dvorak keyboard. Folks, I am not knocking that, but I want to be sure you are aware of another alternative: speech recognition software. I am not typing this letter, I'm dictating it. I'm using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional, version 7.3 (version 8 is out now). It sure isn't perfect, but it sure beats the hell out of the typing that was beating the hell out of my hands. Disclaimer, if you like: I am not a totally unbiased participant. From 1990 to 2001, when the company that had bought us went bankrupt, I was the Chief Linguist for Dragon Systems. I used the program then because I enjoyed it, because it was helpful, and because in principle it was the right thing to "eat our own cooking". Now I use it because I have to. I don't read this list as often as I might, so if either of you -- or anyone else out there -- wants more information from me about it, write to me at this address as well as writing to the list. -- Mark A. Mandel Chief Linguist, Dragon Systems, Inc. (R.I.P.), 1990-2001 [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.] --- Charlie Arnold <tenebrious_mockingbird at yahoo.com> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Johne Cook [mailto:johne.cook at gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:02 AM > To: Dragaera list > Subject: QWERTY vs Dvorak - anyone made the switch? > I'm right there. I'm feeling some ghost pain in my hands, nothing much, > but enough to make me just a bit nervous. And then I remembered reading > the Piers Anthony (who is nothing if not prolific) switched to Dvorak > and was more prolific and effective than ever. And then I realized that > I was again checking out various Dvorak articles. > > I'm standing here at the edge of the cliff and am curious if any of you > have taken the plunge, and if you have any tips or considerations beyond > the obvious. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250