Re: CAPTURING MEMORIES UNDERWATERGrumpy AuContraire wrote:
>
> The "key" to success with mastering touch typing is to learn the key
> positions without looking. Looking at the keys severely slows down the
> process. I like most people in the 1950's learned on manual machines.
> That room really shook when everyone was typing...
>
> JT
>
> Paul Heslop wrote:
> > Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
> >
> >>Paul Heslop wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>wow, well done! I don't think i could physically or mentally stand the
> >>>>>challenge now. Could do with learning to type again, I've gone from
> >>>>>being reasonable to hitting the wrong keys all the time.
> >>>>
> >>>>Learning to touch type is not really a big deal. I remember my mother
> >>>>(at 55) who insisted on learning and I set up the same system that was
> >>>>used in high school. She was typing 50+ wpm within six months of self
> >>>>effort.
> >>>>
> >>>>JT
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>that where you cover the keys with caps?
> >>
> >>No, you provide a keyboard layout on the wall in front and learn key
> >>sets two at a time. "Touch" typing depends on both hands residing on
> >>"Home Row" which are anchored by the "f" for the left hand and "j" for
> >>the right hand. Notice that these two keys have a raised indent on them.
> >>
> >>JT
> >
> >
> > Oh yeah. I think in the UK, in the times when my sister and my wife
> > learned it they had plastic caps which went over the keys, so you
> > basically couldn't cheat... but then again they were 'real' manual
> > typewriters then. I learned to type rather like I write, very scrappy
> > and thudding away with two or three fingers but very quickly. Sadly
> > although the speed is still there the accuracy is not and I find I hit
> > the wrong keys more often, specially when using punctuation, with ;
> > instead of ' being the most common. Luckily spell check sorts that
> > out.
Ah, mine was a 70s hammer it out fast and furious with two fingers but
no great skill at the process of recall. I have a reasonable idea by
now where things are but bad motor skills and etc cause me to hit the
wrong keys. I was unsure for a while if it may be a keyboard size
thing, after all some things just keep getting smaller.
--
Paul (Need a lift she said much obliged)
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