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Dvorak keyboard |
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Dvorak keyboardA keyboard layout designed in the 1930s by August Dvorak, University of Washington, and his brother-in-law, William Dealey. 70% of words are typed on the home row compared to 32% with qwerty, and more words are typed using both hands. In eight hours, fingers of a qwerty typist travel 16 miles, but only one for the Dvorak typist. See AZERTY keyboard.
QWERTY
52% Q W E R T Y U I O P
32% A S D F G H J K L ; '
16% Z X C V B N M , . /
Dvorak
22% ' , . P Y F G C R L ?
70% A O E U I D H T N S -
8% ; Q J K X B M W V Z
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Navy conducted experiments demonstrating that the cost of converting typists to the Dvorak keyboard would be repaid, through increased typing speed, within 10 days from the end of training. |
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