Just for kicks, has anyone ever used a non-QWERTY keyboard setup? I heard the speed typing record holder used devorak

I gotta find a copy of ";Mario Teaches Typing"; somewhere :)

[url=http://www.recordholders.org/en/records/typing.html]http://www.recordholders.org/en/records/typing.html[/url]

Alternative to video games for killing time.....

Isn't the reason we even HAVE qwerty keyboards is to purposely slow the typing down? So the machanical parts of the typewriter could keep up?

I have always thought that the fact that dictation software is not more mainstream is pretty odd, considering the advances that have been made in voice recognition research. I know most computers come with it as an option, but that seems like a feature that more computer makers would focus on and plug.

Oh well, back to my measly 54 words a minute...

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I have always thought that the fact that dictation software is not more mainstream is pretty odd, considering the advances that have been made in voice recognition research. I know most computers come with it as an option, but that seems like a feature that more computer makers would focus on and plug.
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Different people have tried for years, and while it's getting better it's still not ready for mainstream use.

This comes to mind: http://www.break.com/index/microsoft_test_fails.html

Indeed I remember that - epic fail if there ever was one.

One of these days. Apple will figure it out figure :-) or at least the right way to do it.

Seems to me that the computer world is going more toward dehumanizing things, so I suspect typing is going to be in for a long long time. Plus, I can type faster than I can talk comfortably.

When I first found out that you can use voice commands for most thing in mac os x, I was really excited for like a week, then I discovered that 1) I get sick of talking all the time and 2) I look like an idiot in public :)

BTW: I like this from the video above ";the first part of recognition is ";wreck"; as in ";TRAIN-WRECK!!"; Wow..... go news dude, go....

That machine that Stephen Hawking uses seems like it'd solve the typing/talking dilemma.

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When I first found out that you can use voice commands for most thing in mac os x, I was really excited for like a week, then I discovered that 1) I get sick of talking all the time and 2) I look like an idiot in public :)

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How many weird looks did you get in public?  lol  But I agree, after teaching all day and talking, I'm tired of talking.  So why would I want to come home and talk to my computer.  :)