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<DIV><SPAN class=206311423-05112013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>April,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=206311423-05112013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=206311423-05112013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>From
what I hear you saying in this message, you are relying on your vision that
doesn't exist to use the keyboard. Also, raising the "back" of the keyboard is
absolutely the wrong the thing to do. Just because they put those legs on it
doesn't mean that it is correct. Those legs are because people have a crutch of
needing to "see" the keyboard.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=206311423-05112013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=206311423-05112013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>It
takes a lot of practice to be able to touch type. I learned touch typing back
when the only thing electric on the typewriter was that it had a return
key.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=206311423-05112013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=206311423-05112013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Your
keyboard should NOT be moving as much as you describe unless you have some other
reason for being unable to keep it still.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=206311423-05112013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=206311423-05112013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>If you
practice for an hour every day in proper techniques, you will develop muscle
memory for touch typing. I actually had an extremely difficult time using on
screen keyboards when they came out because I did not know where the keys were
because I could not touch type. My fingers know where to go and the only keys I
have trouble with are the top row numbers because my fingers are short (had this
problem when I was learning in high school). You really do need a structured
program for learning to touch type. It will teach you to learn the letters and
then learn to put them together in words so that when you type you think in
words and not letters. I type about 70 wpm and have done so since leaving high
school.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=206311423-05112013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I hope
you find some of this helpful.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=206311423-05112013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=206311423-05112013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Cindy
Sheets</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Nfbktad
[mailto:nfbktad-bounces@nfbnet.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>April
Brown<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 04, 2013 6:26 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
nfbktad@nfbnet.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Nfbktad] Touch typing and
keyboard<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'">Thanks
for the suggestion to take touch typing. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'">I
did that a quarter of a century ago on the old typewriters. It was
nightmare. I was promised my typing speed would go from 40 words a
minute to 100 words a minute. It changed all right. Down to 10
words a minute, and ten times as many errors.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'">After
about 15 years, I'm back up to 20 words a minute. I'll never be able to
type as fast, or as accurate, as I did at 16 before touch typing
class.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'">One
thing I know about all the keyboards I use - they move constantly. They
slide constantly. The back end is almost never high enough, even with a
board under the legs to raise it up. I have watched myself type the
letters in the correct order, heard the buttons go down, and spring back up,
and the letters either not appear on the screen, or appear in the wrong
order.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'">I do
know, when I am writing, even though my eyes face they keyboard, my vision
does fade out, and I don't see either the screen, or the keyboard.
Sometimes, I find myself typing a line too high. Typing numbers instead
of letters. If I am not watching the keyboard, I have no idea where my
fingers are. And I can't predict the bounces it will take. As I
type this, the left side has bounced back about two inches three times
already. I keep having to adjust where it sits on the keyboard
tray.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'">The
thought of having to type without my partial eye is nerve wracking.
Especially after a few years ago when Dragon offered to uninstall
Windows. How will I know what crazy thing the keyboard has decided to
type instead of what I told it too? I don't want it to delete a program
when I am trying to open it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'">April
Brown<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'">Writing
dramatic adventure novels uncovering the myths we hide
behind.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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